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Date anomaly


  • Subject: Date anomaly
  • From: John Delacour <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 10:33:54 +0000
  • Mac-eudora-version: 6.0a8

Can anyone explain why I'm getting this problem?



set d to "1/1/1"
date d
--> date "Monday, January 1, 2001 12:00:00 am"

try
(current date) - (date d)
on error e
e
end try
--> Can't make date "Monday, January 1, 2001 12:00:00 am" into a number or date.

date "Monday, January 1, 2001 12:00:00 am"
--> date "Monday, January 1, 2001 12:00:00 am"

(current date) - (date "1/1/1")
--> 68293831
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