MIME CurrentDateTime Property

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Demonstrates the read-only CurrentDateTime property, which returns the current local date and time formatted as an Internet message date including the numeric UTC offset. The example uses it to populate a Date header field.

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Mime;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  mime: TMime;
  now: string;
  head: string;

begin
  success := False;

  mime := TMime.Create;
  success := mime.SetBodyFromPlainText('Message with a Date header.');
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mime.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  CurrentDateTime returns the current local date and time formatted as an Internet message date,
  //  including the numeric UTC offset, for example: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:55:06 -0600
  now := mime.CurrentDateTime;
  WriteLn('Current date/time: ' + now);

  //  It can be used to populate a Date header field.
  mime.SetHeaderField('Date',now);

  head := mime.GetEntireHead();
  if (mime.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(mime.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  WriteLn(head);


  mime.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.