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Re: Date Help - D&T stamp w Short dates
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Re: Date Help - D&T stamp w Short dates


  • Subject: Re: Date Help - D&T stamp w Short dates
  • From: "Arthur J. Knapp" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:45:37 -0500

> Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 09:40:21 -0800
> Subject: Date Help - D&T stamp w Short dates
> From: "Domains4Days.com" <email@hidden>

> Basically, I would like to create a date - time stamp that ideally would
> look like the following

> IDEAL1: 01-06-03 09-23-21 AM (mm-dd-yy)
> IDEAL2: 2003-01-06 09-23-21 AM (yyyy-mm-dd)

I keep forgetting to optimize this handler:


set ideal1 to DateToString( "mm-dd-yy hh-MM-ss ?m", current date )
set ideal2 to DateToString( "yyyy-mm-dd hh-MM-ss ?m", current date )

on DateToString(sFormat, _d_)
(*
* yyyy 4 digit year
* yy 2 digit year
* mmmm full month name
* mmm 3 letter month name
* mm month, padded
* m month
* dddd full day name
* ddd 3 letter day name
* dd date, padded
* d date
* hh hour, padded
* h hour
* HH hour, 24, padded
* H hour, 24
* MM minutes, padded
* M minutes
* ss seconds, padded
* s seconds
* ?m am/pm
* ` escape character
* ~ null character
*)

if (_d_'s class = date) then

set d to _d_
else
set d to current date

end if

if (sFormat's class is not string) or
(sFormat's length = 0) then return d as string --> default

set s to sFormat & " " --> prevent out-of-bounds in parsing
set t to ""

considering case

repeat until s's length < 5

if (s starts with "yy") then

set v to d's year as string

if (s starts with "yyyy") then

set t to t & v
set s to s's text 5 thru -1
else
set t to t & v's text -2 thru -1
set s to s's text 3 thru -1

end if

else if (s starts with "m") then

if (s starts with "mmm") then

set v to d's month as string

if (s starts with "mmmm") then

set t to t & v
set s to s's text 5 thru -1
else
set t to t & v's text 1 thru 3
set s to s's text 4 thru -1

end if

else
-- French Vanilla method, via Emmanual Levy
copy d to b
set b's month to January
set v to 1 + (d - b + 1314864) div 2629728

if (s starts with "mm") then

set t to t & ("0" & v)'s text -2 thru -1
set s to s's text 3 thru -1
else
set t to t & v
set s to s's text 2 thru -1

end if

end if

else if (s starts with "d") then

if (s starts with "ddd") then

set v to d's weekday as string

if (s starts with "dddd") then

set t to t & v
set s to s's text 5 thru -1
else
set t to t & v's text 1 thru 3
set s to s's text 4 thru -1

end if

else
set v to d's day as string

if (s starts with "dd") then

set t to t & ("0" & v)'s text -2 thru -1
set s to s's text 3 thru -1
else
set t to t & v
set s to s's text 2 thru -1

end if

end if

else if (s starts with "h") or (s starts with "H") then

set v to (d's time) div 60 div 60

if (s starts with "h") and (v > 12) then
set v to v - 12

ignoring case

if (s starts with "hh") then

set t to t & ("0" & v)'s text -2 thru -1
set s to s's text 3 thru -1
else
set t to t & v
set s to s's text 2 thru -1

end if

end ignoring

else if (s starts with "M") then

set v to (d's time) div 60 mod 60

if (s starts with "MM") then

set t to t & ("0" & v)'s text -2 thru -1
set s to s's text 3 thru -1
else
set t to t & v
set s to s's text 2 thru -1

end if

else if (s starts with "s") then

set v to (d's time) mod 60

if (s starts with "ss") then

set t to t & ("0" & v)'s text -2 thru -1
set s to s's text 3 thru -1
else
set t to t & v
set s to s's text 2 thru -1

end if

else if (s starts with "?m") then
if ((d's time) div 60 div 60 < 12) then
set t to t & "AM"
else
set t to t & "PM"
end if
set s to s's text 3 thru -1

else if (s starts with "`") then
set t to t & s's character 2
set s to s's text 3 thru -1

else if (s starts with "~") then
set s to s's text 2 thru -1

else
set t to t & s's character 1
set s to s's text 2 thru -1
end if

end repeat

end considering

return t

end DateToString


{ Arthur Knapp, of <http://www.STELLARViSIONs.com>
a r t h u r @ s t e l l a r v i s i o n s . c o m

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}
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