Re: Time/Date stamping
Re: Time/Date stamping
- Subject: Re: Time/Date stamping
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 13:58:01 -0400
- Organization: [very little]
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 17:24:03 +0100
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Subject: Re: Time/Date stamping
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From: Steve Thompson <email@hidden>
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To: Jeff Davison <email@hidden>,
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"email@hidden"
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<email@hidden>
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On 9/8/02 4:48 pm, "Jeff Davison" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I would like to add the current time to a file name and I am unclear on what
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> the best solution would be.
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set the time_index to the time of the (current date)
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set the hour_index to ((the time_index) / hours) div 1
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set the minute_index to (((the time_index) / minutes) - (the hour_index *
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60)) div 1
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set the seconds_index to ((the time_index) - (the hour_index * 3600) - (the
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minute_index * 60)) div 1
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set filename to "Filename " & hour_index & "-" & minute_index & "-" &
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seconds_index
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-->"Filename 17-22-16"
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Watch for line breaks
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> For example: "Filename10:23:34:02:12:02"
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You can't use colons in file names. I've used hyphens.
If you've got Akua Sweets installed (e.g. not OS X) you can do it in one line:
set fileName to "Filename " & (the clock using form "%y-%m-%d-%h-%i-%s")
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
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[8/9/02 1:56:09 PM]
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