Here's an example of extracting a date from an email message in Lotus Notes: 
use strict;
use Win32::OLE;

# Open the email database in Lotus Notes
my $notes = Win32::OLE->new('Notes.NotesSession')
             or die "Can't open Lotus Notes";
my $database = $notes->GetDatabase("","");
$database->OpenMail;

# Get a list of all of the documents in the Inbox
# (Use single-quotes to protect the dollar-sign)
my $view = $database->GetView('($Inbox)');

# Get a Notes document
my $doc = $view->GetFirstDocument;

# The "Created" timestamp is stored as an object
# via a property named "Created"
my $create_date = $doc->{Created};

# To convert this to a usable date like "09/11/2001",
# call the "Date" method on this object
my $date = $create_date->Date;

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I worked this out via the debugger: I created the object $doc and typed:  m $doc

Aha! The document has a "Created" property. I saved this into $date and typed: x $date

The debugger responded that $date is an OLE object. So I typed: m $date and I saw that it has a "Date" method. Just play around in the debugger and you'll find lots of cool stuff.

buckaduck

In reply to Re: Lotus Notes and datetimes by buckaduck
in thread Lotus Notes and datetimes by Cycle Boy

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