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Re: [jsosa] Dates

> MacOS.appSelf().current_date(); // -> ldt value
> MacOS.finder().item[1].modification_date; // -> ldt value
>
> AEDesc dates don't seem to convert to JavaScript dates. Does anyone
> have any ideas on
> work arounds?

The version of JavaScript used in JSOSA does not have a native date data
type. I'm experimenting with current Mozilla JS engine and I'll add support
for any new types that appear. I'm sorry, I cannot offer an ETA for this,
but the work is ongoing.

Cheers
-Mark

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MacOS.appSelf().current_date(); // -> ldt value MacOS.finder().item[1].modification_date; // -> ldt value AEDesc dates don't seem to convert to JavaScript...
Arthur Knapp
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Sep 22, 2004
7:28 pm

... The version of JavaScript used in JSOSA does not have a native date data type. I'm experimenting with current Mozilla JS engine and I'll add support for...
Mark Alldritt
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Sep 22, 2004
8:46 pm

... Thank you, Mark. :) So I was trying to work this out with some hack-ish stuff, but I'm not getting very far: d = MacOS.appSelf().current_date(); s =...
Arthur Knapp
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Sep 23, 2004
6:47 pm

... Hi My guess is that the date coercions AppleScript provides are implemented in AppleScript rather than as AppleEvent Manager coercion handlers. This is ...
Mark Alldritt
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Sep 24, 2004
5:36 pm

... I have also thought of using the '.as' method of AEDesc objects, so that I could get a date string, but that doesn't seem to get me anywhere either: ME =...
Arthur Knapp
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Sep 23, 2004
7:20 pm

Ok, I may have figured this out. The difference between the correct day and time, and the converted day and time, is 19 hours, which sounds like a timezone...
Arthur Knapp
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Sep 24, 2004
4:49 pm

Whoops... please disregard the previous message. I am obviously way off: OS = MacOS.finder(); // mod-date of choosen file: "Feb 12, 2004 8:32 AM" // f =...
Arthur Knapp
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Sep 24, 2004
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