Re: Date math problem in Leopard
Re: Date math problem in Leopard
- Subject: Re: Date math problem in Leopard
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:36:42 -0400
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Jeff Jungblut <email@hidden> wrote:
> set firstIssue to date "Thursday, December 24, 1987 12:00:00 AM"
> set newDate to firstIssue + ((newIssue) * weeks)
> log newIssue -- value is 1056 to be published Mar. 20, 2008
> log (newDate as text)
Here's a shell version that will work on both Tiger and Leopard,
requiring no extra software:
set newDate to do shell script "perl -le 'print ~~localtime(567320400
+ " & newIssue & " * " & weeks & ")'"
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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