perhaps you need to single quote the $msg value to prevent interpolation? there are slashes in there, for instance. you might test without the slashes in $msg.
On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 09:26 AM, Mace, Richard wrote: > Hello there, > I'm using MIME::Lite to send E-mails out that are generated from a Perl > script. > I seem to be having problems with the date field. When I hard code a > date into > the message e.g. > > $msg = new MIME::Lite > From => $from, > To => $to, > Date => 'Wednesday 20th March 2002 17:30', > etc > > it works fine & the resulting E-mail includes the time the mail was > sent. > > > If I try to pass $date from Perl using localtime it does not work. > e.g. > > $date = strftime "%a %d/%m/20%y %H:%M", localtime; (I know I get a valid > date here) > > $msg = new MIME::Lite > From => $from, > To => $to, > Date => $date, > etc > > Does anybody know the rules regarding the date field and what it > expects. > I cannot find the key info I require on CPAN. > > Any info greatly received > > Richard. > > Richard Mace > Fradley Telephone Unit > Lorien PLC > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
