Re: Extract from result of current date
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 11:41:01 -0700
On Nov 4, 2005, at 11:37 AM, Rob Stott wrote: 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.
...mainly because I find the shell's "date" command more easily customisable and understandable than the way AppleScript handles dates.
Customizable, yeah, but understandable? Maybe to someone who has lots of shell scripting experience, and not much Applescript experience...
-- My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. -- Harry S. Truman (circa 1962)
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