date_field.rb

Path: lib/mail/fields/date_field.rb
Last Update: 2010-03-02 23:35:02 +0100

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Date Field

The Date field inherits from StructuredField and handles the Date: header field in the email.

Sending date to a mail message will instantiate a Mail::Field object that has a DateField as it’s field type. This includes all Mail::CommonAddress module instance methods.

There must be excatly one Date field in an RFC2822 email.

Examples:

 mail = Mail.new
 mail.date = 'Mon, 24 Nov 1997 14:22:01 -0800'
 mail.date       #=> #<DateTime: 211747170121/86400,-1/3,2299161>
 mail.date.to_s  #=> 'Mon, 24 Nov 1997 14:22:01 -0800'
 mail[:date]     #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::DateField:0x180e1c4
 mail['date']    #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::DateField:0x180e1c4
 mail['Date']    #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::DateField:0x180e1c4

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