(PHP ActiveX) 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 Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

// For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use new COM('Chilkat_9_5_0.Chilkat.Email')
$email = new COM("Chilkat.Email");

// Load a .eml file into the email object.
$success = $email->LoadEml('/home/users/chilkat/eml/myEml.eml');

// dtTime is a Chilkat.CkDateTime
$dtTime = $email->GetDt();
if ($email->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print 'Email has no Date header field.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

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

// Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
$bLocalTime = 0;
print $dtTime->getAsRfc822($bLocalTime) . "\n";

// 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 = 1;
print $dtTime->getAsRfc822($bLocalTime) . "\n";

// 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). 
$unixTime = $dtTime->GetAsUnixTime($bLocalTime);
print 'Unix time: ' . $unixTime . "\n";

// 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 is a Chilkat.DtObj
$dtObj = $dtTime->GetDtObj($bLocalTime);
if ($dtTime->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print 'This should never really happen!' . "\n";
    exit;
}

print $dtObj->Day . '-' . $dtObj->Month . '-' . $dtObj->Year . ' ' . $dtObj->Hour . ':' . $dtObj->Minute
     . ':' . $dtObj->Second . "\n";


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