date (RMail::Header)

    # File lib/rmail/header.rb, line 645
        def date
          if value = self['date']
            begin
              # Rely on Ruby's standard time.rb to parse the time.
              (Time.rfc2822(value) rescue Time.parse(value)).localtime
            rescue
              # Exceptions during time parsing just cause nil to be
              # returned.
            end
          end
        end