Automator rename finder item date and time

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Automator rename finder item date and time

I want to use automator to create a project folder with a Automator service, but i like to add the month and year (with to decimals) not the day month and whole year.

want i can creatie is item_29022014 but i like to create item_0214 where the first two numbers (02) is the month and the last two numbers (14) are the last to numbers of the current year.

Can i download some add-on for automator? Or do i need a custom script for this?

Posted on Feb 13, 2014 11:36 AM

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red_menace

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Feb 13, 2014 4:25 PM in response to Juistm

The built-in Today's Date variable can be customized - how are you creating the date?

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Feb 13, 2014 5:22 PM in response to Juistm

Here is some AppleScript for you to play with:

display dialog(do shell script"date +%s")

display dialog(do shell script"date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S")

display dialog((current date)astext)

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