my AppleScript is still having trouble providing dates to me, in the way I am wanting them.
I would like to do the following:
set the_date to current date "mm/dd/yy"
But I keep getting the full date Friday, January 18, 2019 at 3:08:50 PM
My goal is to put the date with a shortcut into Automator and just have an easy way to enter the date in this format: 01/17/2019
Not possible??
MacBook Air (2018 or later)
I have finally figured out the solution to my date issue.
I got an idea from this board, got one from a book, then trial and error.
Here is the code:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Numbers"
set the_date to current date
set mmo to month of (the_date) as integer
set dda to day of (the_date) as integer
if (mmo) < 10 then
mmo = (mmo)
set mmo to (text of ("0" & mmo))
end if
if (dda) < 10 then
set dda to (text of ("0" & dda))
end if
activate
tell table 1 of the active sheet of document 1 to set the value of cell 1 of the selection range to (mmo & "/" & dda & "/" & year of the_date as string)
end tell
return input
end run
Basically, I am using the month day and year functions for date. I set a variable mmo for month. I look at month, to see if it is a single digit month and if so, put a 0 in front of it. Same with date.
Then I assemble the parts back together.
Still need help for dates
