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Re: getting the date

Simon Kidd wrote on Tue, 30 Dec 2003 10:37:04 -0500:

>Hi,
>
>Iam trying to make a folder with the current date, Ive found that:
>
>set days_date to current date
>
>gives me the date and time in this format "date "Tuesday, 30
>December, 2003 10.34.27am""
>
>is there a way of getting the date like so: "031230"

Here we go again:

set theDate to (current date)
set {year:y, day:d} to theDate
copy theDate to b
set b's month to January

text 3 thru 8 of ((y * 10000 + (b - 2500000 - theDate) div -2500000 *
100 + d) as string)

... or 'as Unicode text', if you prefer.

NG
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