Read Outlook email through Matlab - chinese format date for email.ReceivedTime

Hello,

I am trying to read outlook email and to check recpetion time;

outlook = actxserver('outlook.Application');

mapi = outlook.GetNamespace('mapi');

INBOX = mapi.GetDefaultFolder(6);

email=INBOX.Folders(1).Item(1).Items(1).Item(1);

ReceivedTime=email.ReceivedTime;

The issue is that ReceivedTime appears to be in chinese format; 〲ㄮ⸲〲㠱〠㨸㐳㔺8.

I just install R2016B. With R2015B it worked very well,

Anyone knows if the issue comes from MatlabR2016b or Outlook ?

Thanks in advance,

Arnaud

[James Sutherland]

I am also having this issue with Matlab R2016b, it works fine with R2013a. Did you manage to resolve it or find a work-around?

Answer 1

[Arnaud Bitoun]

try this;

DateRaised=native2unicode(unicode2native(email.ReceivedTime, 'UTF-16 LE'));

[James Sutherland]

That works! Thank you very much

Answer 2

[Arnaud Bitoun]

Hello James,

can you show me the Mtalab code line that provoke the issue ?

Arnaud

[James Sutherland]

Hi Arnaud,

It is very similar to your code above:

outlook=actxserver('Outlook.Application');

mapi=outlook.GetNamespace('mapi');

INBOX=mapi.Folders(1).Item(1).Folders(1).Item('Inbox');

email=INBOX.Items.Item(1);

DateRaised = email.get('ReceivedTime');

I end up with '〳〯⼴〲㤱ㄠ㨴ㄵ㐺2'.

Thanks,

James