(Delphi ActiveX) Mime CurrentDateTime

The CurrentDateTime property is provide as a convenient way of getting the current date/time in RFC822 format, which is often needed for the MIME Date header field.

It is not actually a property of the MIME object. It simply returns the current date/time of the system.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
mime: TChilkatMime;

begin
mime := TChilkatMime.Create(Self);
mime.SetBody('this is a test');
mime.ContentType := 'text/plain';

// The CurrentDateTime property is just a convenient way of
// get the current date/time in RFC 822 format.  It saves us
// the trouble of looking elsewhere for this common need.
mime.SetHeaderField('Date',mime.CurrentDateTime);

Memo1.Lines.Add(mime.GetMime());

// The result:

// 	Content-Type: text/plain
// 	Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:18:49 -0500
// 
// 	this is a tes
end;