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Re: date syntax not working on 10.10.5?
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Re: date syntax not working on 10.10.5?

  • Subject: Re: date syntax not working on 10.10.5?
  • From: Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:41:14 +0200

Le 2015/08/20 à 03:13, Stockly, Ed <email@hidden> a écrit :
…

I used to be able to do this:

Date "September 4"
Date "Fri., September 4"
Date "Fri. Sept. 4"
Date "Fri Sep 4"
Date "Sep. 4"
Date "Sept. 4"
Date "9/4"
Date "9/4/15"
Date "09/04/2015"
Date "9/4/2015"
 …
In the meantime I have to rely on users entering dates and that has introduces errors into what was an error free process.

* date "2015-09-04 10:15" funnily enough, this one did NOT compile in OS9. Nor does it compile in OS X 10.10.4

Your answer match my assumptions.
You assume that :
Date "9/4"
Date "9/4/15"
Date "09/04/2015"
Date "9/4/2015"
are OK

But I disagree.
On some machines they will create : date "Friday, September 4, 2015 at 12:00:00 AM"
but on others like mine when I use the standard format used in France, it returns : 
date "Friday, September 4, 2015 at 12:00:00 AM"

At this time, for see, the default format is set the ISO 8601 one so your first one : "9/4" issue an error.
With this setting,  date "2015-09-04 10:15" funnily enough compiles flawlessly as date "vendredi 4 septembre 2015 10:15:00"

The only way to always get a valid date is to ask the system to build the short date string by itself and complete it with the time components.

Try to run the script below and check if what you get is what I get with my standard default format.
I'm sure that you will not.

try
set maybe to "10:20:12"
log "01, " & (date maybe) (*01, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "01, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20 12"
log "02, " & (date maybe) (*02, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "02, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20 12"
log "03, " & (date maybe) (*03, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "03, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20-12"
log "04, " & (date maybe) (*04, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "04, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20:12 AM"
log "05, " & (date maybe) (*05, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "05, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "22:20:12 AM"
log "06, " & (date maybe) -- (*06, jeudi 20 août 2015 22:20:12*) -- is it right ??
on error
log "06, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20-12 PM"
log "07, " & (date maybe) -- (*07, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*) -- bad, would be 22:20:12
on error
log "07, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "22:20-12 PM"
log "08, " & (date maybe) -- (*08, jeudi 20 août 2015 22:20:12*) -- OK
on error
log "08, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20;12"
log "09, " & (date maybe) -- (09, *jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) -- bad
on error
log "09, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20,12"
log "10, " & (date maybe) -- (*10, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "10, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20a12"
log "11, " & (date maybe) -- (*11, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "11, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20/12"
log "12, " & (date maybe) -- (*12, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "12, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20?12"
log "13, " & (date maybe) -- (*13, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "13, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20@12"
log "14, " & (date maybe) -- (*14, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "14, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10@20:12"
log "15, " & (date maybe)
on error
log "15, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10:20"
log "16, " & (date maybe) (*16, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*)
on error
log "16, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10 20"
log "17, " & (date maybe) (*17, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*)
end try
try
set maybe to "10-20"
log "18, " & (date maybe) (*18, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*)
on error
log "18, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "10a20"
log "19, " & (date maybe)
on error
log "19, " & maybe & ", is rejected" (*19, 10a20, is rejected*)
end try
try
set maybe to "01/12/2015"
log "20, " & (date maybe) (*20, mardi 1 décembre 2015 00:00:00*)
on error
log "20, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "31-12-1943"
log "21, " & (date maybe) -- (*21, vendredi 31 décembre 1943 00:00:00*)
on error
log "21, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to "12/31/1943"
log "22, " & (date maybe)
on error
log "22, " & maybe & ", is rejected" (*22, 12/31/1943, is rejected*)
end try

set baseDate to (short date string of (current date)) & space

try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20:12"
log "101, " & (date maybe) (*101, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "101, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20 12"
log "102, " & (date maybe) (*102, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "102, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20 12"
log "103, " & (date maybe) (*103, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "103, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20-12"
log "104, " & (date maybe) (*104, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "104, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20:12 AM"
log "105, " & (date maybe) (*105, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*)
on error
log "105, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "22:20:12 AM"
log "106, " & (date maybe) -- (*106, jeudi 20 août 2015 22:20:12*) -- is it right ??
on error
log "106, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20-12 PM"
log "107, " & (date maybe) -- (*107, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:12*) -- bad, would be 22:20:12
on error
log "107, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "22:20-12 PM"
log "108, " & (date maybe) -- (*108, jeudi 20 août 2015 22:20:12*) -- OK
on error
log "108, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20;12"
log "109, " & (date maybe) -- (109, *jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) -- bad
on error
log "109, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20,12"
log "110, " & (date maybe) -- (*110, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "110, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20a12"
log "111, " & (date maybe) -- (*111, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "111, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20/12"
log "112, " & (date maybe) -- (*112, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "112, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20?12"
log "113, " & (date maybe) -- (*113, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "113, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10:20@12"
log "114, " & (date maybe) -- (*114, jeudi 20 août 2015 10:20:00*) # bad
on error
log "114, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try
try
set maybe to baseDate & "10@20:12"
log "115, " & (date maybe) -- (*115, mercredi 19 août 2015 00:00:00*) # bad
on error
log "115, " & maybe & ", is rejected"
end try



Yvan KOENIG running Yosemite 10.10.5 in French (VALLAURIS, France) jeudi 20 août 2015 11:41:07




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