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RE: getting the date

Subject: RE: getting the date
From: "Reese, Steve" <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:06:42 -0800
Thread-topic: getting the date

Assuming OS X
set theDate to do shell script "date \"+DATE: %m%d%y\""
theDate is 123103
stevan

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Kidd [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Tue 12/30/2003 7:37 AM
To: email@hidden
Cc:
Subject: getting the date
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"

thanks

Simon
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