(C#) Get Email Date/Time

Demonstrates getting the email "Date" header field in a CkDateTime object.

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Chilkat.Email email = new Chilkat.Email();

// Load a .eml file into the email object.
bool success = email.LoadEml("/home/users/chilkat/eml/myEml.eml");

Chilkat.CkDateTime dtTime = email.GetDt();
if (email.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Email has no Date header field.");
    return;
}

// Once we have the CkDateTime object, we can get the date/time in all sorts of formats:

// Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
bool bLocalTime = false;
Debug.WriteLine(dtTime.GetAsRfc822(bLocalTime));

// Get as an RFC822 string in the local timezone.
// (remember, the daylight savings that existed at the given time in the past is applied)
bLocalTime = true;
Debug.WriteLine(dtTime.GetAsRfc822(bLocalTime));

// Get as a 32-bit UNIX time (local or GMT..)
// The Unix time is number of seconds since the Epoch, 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC). 
int unixTime = dtTime.GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime);
Debug.WriteLine("Unix time: " + Convert.ToString(unixTime));

// One can also get the as a "DtObj" object for accessing the individual
// parts of the date/time, such as month, day, year, hour, minute, etc.
// The DtObj can be obtained in the GMT or local timezone:
Chilkat.DtObj dtObj = dtTime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
if (dtTime.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine("This should never really happen!");
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(dtObj.Day) + "-" + Convert.ToString(dtObj.Month) + "-" + Convert.ToString(dtObj.Year) + " "
     + Convert.ToString(dtObj.Hour) + ":" + Convert.ToString(dtObj.Minute) + ":" + Convert.ToString(dtObj.Second));