Java

Set the Email Date Header to the Current System Date/Time

Demonstrates how to set the Date header field of an email to the computer's current date/time. Note: When an email object is instantiated, the Date header field is automatically added and initialized to the current system date/time. The need to explicitly set the Date header could arise when loading an email from a .eml. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.DateTime;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Email email = new Email();

        // At this point, a new email object has been instantiated, and it
        // already has a Date header field containing the current date/time.
        System.out.println("Date: " + email.getEmailDateStr());

        // We can also get the Date header like this:
        System.out.println("Date: " + email.getHeaderField("Date"));

        // Load a .eml into the email object:
        try {
            email.loadEml("myEmlFiles/someEmail.eml");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Show the Date that was in the .eml
        System.out.println("Date: " + email.getEmailDateStr());

        // Now the Date header contains whatever was in the .eml
        // Let's update it to the current system date/time..

        DateTime dateTime = new DateTime();

        dateTime.setFromCurrentSystemTime();

        try {
            email.setDt(dateTime);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Now show that the Date is the current system time:
        System.out.println("Date: " + email.getEmailDateStr());
        System.out.println("Date: " + email.getHeaderField("Date"));
    }
}