Re: Newbie Date questions
Re: Newbie Date questions
- Subject: Re: Newbie Date questions
- From: Joe <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:09:46 -0800
At 7:17 PM +0100 3/1/10, ba95 wrote:
>Hello scripters !
>
>I would like to know:
>
>1- what would be the simplest way to reduce a modification date to "day/month/year" (skipping the time).
>
>friday november 25 10:12:56 -> friday november 25
>
>First solution:
>
>word 1 of modification date + word 2 of modification date + word 3 of modification date
>
>Second solution: TID
>
>Third solution ?...
>
>Best solution ?...
>
>2- How can I force the finder to update items modification dates ? They are most of the time out of date.
>Issue with backup scripts.
>
>Thanks a lot for your help.
Try this for the date.
set x to current date
set y to year of x
set d to day of x
set m to month of x as number
set sd to m & "/" & d & "/" & y as string
Finder has an update command. Have never used it.
HTH
Joe
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