(VB.NET) Mime CurrentDateTime

The CurrentDateTime property is provide as a convenient way of getting the current date/time in RFC822 format, which is often needed for the MIME Date header field.

It is not actually a property of the MIME object. It simply returns the current date/time of the system.

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Dim success As Boolean

Dim mime As New Chilkat.Mime
mime.SetBody("this is a test")
mime.ContentType = "text/plain"

' The CurrentDateTime property is just a convenient way of
' get the current date/time in RFC 822 format.  It saves us
' the trouble of looking elsewhere for this common need.
mime.SetHeaderField("Date",mime.CurrentDateTime)

Debug.WriteLine(mime.GetMime())

' The result:

' 	Content-Type: text/plain
' 	Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 10:18:49 -0500
' 
' 	this is a tes