(Unicode C++) Get Email Date/Time

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

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#include <CkEmailW.h>
#include <CkDateTimeW.h>
#include <CkDtObjW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkEmailW email;

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

    CkDateTimeW *dtTime = email.GetDt();
    if (email.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"Email has no Date header field.\n");
        return;
    }

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

    // Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
    bool bLocalTime = false;
    wprintf(L"%s\n",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;
    wprintf(L"%s\n",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). 
    int unixTime = dtTime->GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime);
    wprintf(L"Unix time: %d\n",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:
    CkDtObjW *dtObj = dtTime->GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
    if (dtTime->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"This should never really happen!\n");
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"%d-%d-%d %d:%d:%d\n",dtObj->get_Day(),dtObj->get_Month(),dtObj->get_Year(),dtObj->get_Hour(),dtObj->get_Minute()
        ,dtObj->get_Second());

    delete dtObj;
    delete dtTime;
    }