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Re: Date Scripting in OS X
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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 21 May 2003 14:13:03 -0400
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On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 01:57  PM, doug rogers wrote:

>> Another crutch upon which have propped myself up is the dateToStamp
>> and
>> stampToDate commands in Tanaka's OSAX, and it's not immediately clear
>> to
>> me if
>> there's an alternate way in OS X to handle date manipulations like
>> that.
>
> You do know that all of Tanaka's Osax were written in HyperCard and
> compiled? I know it's no help really to anyone to know this, but just
> another illustration of a powerful and useful piece of software
> neglected.
>
Part of me was thinking how easy it a lot of this stuff is to do in
cocoa.  If I had ambition and maybe a grilled spam and cheese sandwich
I would start writing it.

-Mark

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