User.GetSystemDate
Gets the server system time for your time zone. This is handy for when you are syncing your Campaign Monitor lists with some other inhouse list, allowing you accurately determine the time on our server when you carry out the synchronization.
Samples
While we don't have any samples for this particular method, we do have a number of samples in .NET, PHP, Classic ASP, Flash, Perl and Cold Fusion that can be easily adapted to use this method.
Parameters and required information
Here's a list of all the parameters you'll need to pass to the User.GetSystemDate method. All of the parameters are required unless otherwise noted.
ApiKey- Your API application key. See here for more details.
Return Codes
Success
Upon a successful call, this method will return a single time object representing the time on our server, adjusted to your timezone.
Error
100: Invalid API Key- The API key passed was not valid or has expired.
SOAP 1.1
The following is a sample SOAP request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /api/api.asmx HTTP/1.1 Host: app.campaignmonitor.com Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length SOAPAction: "http://app.campaignmonitor.com/api/User.GetSystemDate" <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <User.GetSystemDate xmlns="http://app.campaignmonitor.com/api/"> <ApiKey>string</ApiKey> </User.GetSystemDate> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<User.GetSystemDateResponse xmlns="http://app.campaignmonitor.com/api/">
<User.GetSystemDateResult />
</User.GetSystemDateResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP GET
The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
GET /api/api.asmx/User.GetSystemDate?ApiKey=string HTTP/1.1 Host: app.campaignmonitor.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <string xmlns="http://app.campaignmonitor.com/api/">string</string>
HTTP POST
The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /api/api.asmx/User.GetSystemDate HTTP/1.1 Host: app.campaignmonitor.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Length: length ApiKey=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <string xmlns="http://app.campaignmonitor.com/api/">string</string>
