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Re: Another question on dates and times
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Re: Another question on dates and times


  • Subject: Re: Another question on dates and times
  • From: Clint Hoxie <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:55:12 -0700

Thanks a bunch. It was the "date string" piece that I knew must be out there, but I still don't know where to find things like that. I don't see them in the libraries, unless I'm just missing something.

Clint


On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:32 PM, Brian Johnson wrote:


Clint,

All you need to do is add 24 hours to the current date, like this:

--Set variable for default to current date plus one day
set TomorrowDate to date string of ((current date) + 24 * hours)
display dialog "Enter event date:" default answer TomorrowDate

The "current date" info is maintained as a date, to which you add 24 hours. The resultant date can then be consulted to extract the "date string". Try it with 28*24*hours and you'll get a date in 2008, as you should...

-brian johnson, dept of architecture, university of washington, seattle


On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Clint Hoxie wrote:

Please tell me what resource I can use to figure this stuff out. I just flat don't know where to look, beyond the descriptions in the libraries.

Anyway, I am getting an error which looks to be telling me that a date can't be returned as a string.

Here is the code.

--Set variable for default to current date plus one day
set TomorrowDate to (month of (current date)) + 60 * 60 * 24 & "/" & (day of (current date)) + 60 * 60 * 24 & "/" & (year of (current date)) + 60 * 60 * 24\


display dialog "Enter event date:" default answer TomorrowDate


I also tried it with setting to just current date + etc., but same result.


Clint

PS - Thanks for any help.



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