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Get an S/MIME Signing Time

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetSignatureSigningTimeStr method, which returns the CMS signingTime attribute for the signer at a zero-based index, as an RFC 822-style date string in GMT. The only argument is the signer index.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This is the timestamp the signer asserted at signing — useful for "when was this signed" audit trails and for evaluating whether the signing certificate was valid at that moment. Because it is a signed attribute, it is tamper-evident. Guard the call with HasSignatureSigningTime, since the attribute is optional. Note it is the signer's claim, not a trusted third-party timestamp.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set mime = CreateObject("Chilkat.Mime")
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/signed.eml")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  After verifying, get the CMS signingTime for each signer that has one, as an RFC 822 date string
'  in GMT.  The only argument is the zero-based signer index.
success = mime.Verify()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

n = mime.NumSignerCerts

For i = 0 To n - 1
    '  Only signers that included a signing time have one to retrieve.
    If (mime.HasSignatureSigningTime(i)) Then
        signingTime = mime.GetSignatureSigningTimeStr(i)
        If (mime.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
            outFile.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText)
            WScript.Quit
        End If

        outFile.WriteLine("Signer " & i & " signing time: " & signingTime)
    End If

Next

outFile.Close