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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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C
#include <C_CkMime.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMime mime;

    success = FALSE;

    mime = CkMime_Create();
    CkMime_SetBody(mime,"this is a test");
    CkMime_putContentType(mime,"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.
    CkMime_SetHeaderField(mime,"Date",CkMime_currentDateTime(mime));

    printf("%s\n",CkMime_getMime(mime));

    //  The result:

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


    CkMime_Dispose(mime);

    }