(PowerShell) Get Email Date/Time

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

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email

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

$dtTime = $email.GetDt()
if ($email.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $("Email has no Date header field.")
    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 = $false
$($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
$($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). 
$unixTime = $dtTime.GetAsUnixTime($bLocalTime)
$("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 = $dtTime.GetDtObj($bLocalTime)
if ($dtTime.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $("This should never really happen!")
    exit
}

$([string]$dtObj.Day + "-" + $dtObj.Month + "-" + $dtObj.Year + " " + $dtObj.Hour + ":" + $dtObj.Minute
     + ":" + $dtObj.Second)