Re: Date problems
Re: Date problems
- Subject: Re: Date problems
- From: has <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:19:13 +0100
John Delacour wrote:
>
For a long time now it has been possible to convert any
>
_unambiguous_and_valid_ string into a 'date'. You will be surprised
>
what will work. I've a feeling it has been even more flexible in the
>
past...
I think the problem is more what won't. For example:
set dateString to "lundi, 26 ao{t 2002"
set theDate to date dateString
will fail on machines that aren't using French dates in Date & Time.
[Certainly in 1.6; I'm too lazy to reboot into 10.1.5 to check there, but I
wouldn't be especially surprised if it was any different.] The reverse is
also true, of course (English dates will fail on non-English systems).
All-numerical dates are no solution either, as some countries use
dd/mm/yyyy, others mm/dd/yyyy and yet others yyyy/mm/dd. I just don't see
any way this can be gotten around 100% automatically.
AppleScript simply doesn't have any language- and region-neutral way to
create dates built-in. If you want one, you have to build or borrow it. :/
has
(Of course, we'd not be having any of these problems today if The Great
British Empire had just been allowed its own way to begin with...;)
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