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Re: Extract from result of current date
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Re: Extract from result of current date


  • Subject: Re: Extract from result of current date
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 10:34:34 -0700

On Nov 4, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Rob Stott wrote:

..or if you felt like it, you could do it like this;.

set theTimeString to do shell script "date \"+%H.%M.%S\""

But why, when "time string of (current date)" is so much more readable and understandable?


I'm truly puzzled why people would use "do shell script" when vanilla Applescript can handle the job.

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