B4X

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. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim email As ChilkatEmail
email.Initialize

'  At this point, a new email object has been instantiated, and it
'  already has a Date header field containing the current date/time.
Log("Date: " & email.EmailDateStr)

'  We can also get the Date header like this:
Log("Date: " & email.GetHeaderField("Date"))

'  Load a .eml into the email object:
success = email.LoadEml("myEmlFiles/someEmail.eml")
If success <> True Then
    Log(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Show the Date that was in the .eml
Log("Date: " & email.EmailDateStr)

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

Dim dateTime As ChilkatDateTime
dateTime.Initialize

dateTime.SetFromCurrentSystemTime

success = email.SetDt(dateTime)
If success <> True Then
    Log(email.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Now show that the Date is the current system time:
Log("Date: " & email.EmailDateStr)
Log("Date: " & email.GetHeaderField("Date"))