(Chilkat2-Python) 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.

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import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

email = chilkat2.Email()

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

dtTime = chilkat2.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:
bLocalTime = False
print(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
print(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). 
unixTime = dtTime.GetAsUnixTime(bLocalTime)
print("Unix time: " + str(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:
dtObj = chilkat2.DtObj()
dtTime.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dtObj)

if (dtTime.LastMethodSuccess == False):
    print("This should never really happen!")
    sys.exit()

print(str(dtObj.Day) + "-" + str(dtObj.Month) + "-" + str(dtObj.Year) + " " + str(dtObj.Hour)\
     + ":" + str(dtObj.Minute) + ":" + str(dtObj.Second))