(VB.NET) Get Email Date/Time

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

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Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

' Load a .eml file into the email object.
Dim success As Boolean = email.LoadEml("/home/users/chilkat/eml/myEml.eml")


Dim dtTime As Chilkat.CkDateTime = email.GetDt()
If (email.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Email has no Date header field.")
    Exit Sub
End If


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

' Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
Dim bLocalTime As Boolean = False
Debug.WriteLine(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
Debug.WriteLine(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). 
Dim unixTime As Integer = dtTime.GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime)
Debug.WriteLine("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:
Dim dtObj As Chilkat.DtObj = dtTime.GetDtObj(bLocalTime)
If (dtTime.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("This should never really happen!")
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine(dtObj.Day & "-" & dtObj.Month & "-" & dtObj.Year & " " & dtObj.Hour & ":" & dtObj.Minute _
     & ":" & dtObj.Second)