X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=message.cc;h=2a9001493721dc5493d643659c36afde4f74028b;hp=e2f1cd31843541f43002cd77eb0bc4576ca7ade4;hb=41c7ad2c91e56bfc0b2fefa0be303605d34f4042;hpb=8b93875b2705caa10d33e6fc71ebce6f41fdd79b

diff --git a/message.cc b/message.cc
index e2f1cd31..2a900149 100644
--- a/message.cc
+++ b/message.cc
@@ -370,6 +370,21 @@ notmuch_message_get_filename (notmuch_message_t *message)
     return message->filename;
 }
 
+time_t
+notmuch_message_get_date (notmuch_message_t *message)
+{
+    std::string value;
+
+    try {
+	value = message->doc.get_value (NOTMUCH_VALUE_TIMESTAMP);
+    } catch (Xapian::Error &error) {
+	INTERNAL_ERROR ("Failed to read timestamp value from document.");
+	return 0;
+    }
+
+    return Xapian::sortable_unserialise (value);
+}
+
 notmuch_tags_t *
 notmuch_message_get_tags (notmuch_message_t *message)
 {