Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get Email Date/Time

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

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local email = chilkat.Email.new()

-- Load a .eml file into the email object.
local success = email:load_eml("/home/users/chilkat/eml/myEml.eml")

local dtTime = chilkat.DateTime.new()
dtTime:set_from_rfc822(email.email_date_str)

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

-- Get as a RFC822 GMT string:
local bLocalTime = false
print(dtTime:get_as_rfc822(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
print(dtTime:get_as_rfc822(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).
local unixTime = dtTime:get_as_unix_time(bLocalTime)
print("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:
local dtObj = chilkat.DtObj.new()
dtTime:to_dt_obj(bLocalTime, dtObj)

if not dtTime.last_method_success then
    print("This should never really happen!")
    return
end

print(dtObj.day .. "-" .. dtObj.month .. "-" .. dtObj.year .. " " .. dtObj.hour .. ":" .. dtObj.minute .. ":" .. dtObj.second)