(Node.js) Get Email Date/Time

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

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var email = new chilkat.Email();

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

    // dtTime: CkDateTime
    var dtTime = email.GetDt();
    if (email.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log("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:
    var bLocalTime = false;
    console.log(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;
    console.log(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). 
    var unixTime = dtTime.GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime);
    console.log("Unix time: " + 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:
    // dtObj: DtObj
    var dtObj = dtTime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
    if (dtTime.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log("This should never really happen!");
        return;
    }

    console.log(dtObj.Day + "-" + dtObj.Month + "-" + dtObj.Year + " " + dtObj.Hour + ":" + dtObj.Minute
         + ":" + dtObj.Second);


}

chilkatExample();