(DataFlex) Get Email Date/Time

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoEmail
    Boolean iSuccess
    Variant vDtTime
    Handle hoDtTime
    Boolean iBLocalTime
    Integer iUnixTime
    Variant vDtObj
    Handle hoDtObj
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Integer iTemp2
    Integer iTemp3
    Integer iTemp4
    Integer iTemp5
    Integer iTemp6
    Boolean bTemp1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatEmail)) To hoEmail
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoEmail))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoEmail
    End

    // Load a .eml file into the email object.
    Get ComLoadEml Of hoEmail "/home/users/chilkat/eml/myEml.eml" To iSuccess

    Get ComGetDt Of hoEmail To vDtTime
    If (IsComObject(vDtTime)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComCkDateTime)) To hoDtTime
        Set pvComObject Of hoDtTime To vDtTime
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoEmail To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Showln "Email has no Date header field."
        Procedure_Return
    End

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

    // Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
    Move False To iBLocalTime
    Get ComGetAsRfc822 Of hoDtTime iBLocalTime To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // Get as an RFC822 string in the local timezone.
    // (remember, the daylight savings that existed at the given time in the past is applied)
    Move True To iBLocalTime
    Get ComGetAsRfc822 Of hoDtTime iBLocalTime To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1

    // 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). 
    Get ComGetAsUnixTime Of hoDtTime iBLocalTime To iUnixTime
    Showln "Unix time: " iUnixTime

    // 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:
    Get ComGetDtObj Of hoDtTime iBLocalTime To vDtObj
    If (IsComObject(vDtObj)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatDtObj)) To hoDtObj
        Set pvComObject Of hoDtObj To vDtObj
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoDtTime To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Showln "This should never really happen!"
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get ComDay Of hoDtObj To iTemp1
    Get ComMonth Of hoDtObj To iTemp2
    Get ComYear Of hoDtObj To iTemp3
    Get ComHour Of hoDtObj To iTemp4
    Get ComMinute Of hoDtObj To iTemp5
    Get ComSecond Of hoDtObj To iTemp6
    Showln iTemp1 "-" iTemp2 "-" iTemp3 " " iTemp4 ":" iTemp5 ":" iTemp6

    Send Destroy of hoDtObj
    Send Destroy of hoDtTime


End_Procedure