(JavaScript) Get Email Date/Time

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

var email = new CkEmail();

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

var dtTime = new CkDateTime();
dtTime.SetFromRfc822(email.EmailDateStr);

// Once we have the CkDateTime object, we can get the date/time in many different formats:

// Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
var bLocalTime = false;
console.log(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;
console.log(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). 
var unixTime = dtTime.GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime);
console.log("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:
var dtObj = new CkDtObj();
dtTime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dtObj);

if (dtTime.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    console.log("This should never really happen!");
    return;
}

console.log(dtObj.Day + "-" + dtObj.Month + "-" + dtObj.Year + " " + dtObj.Hour + ":" + dtObj.Minute + ":" + dtObj.Second);