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systemDate
Syntax
the systemDate
Description
System property; returns the current date in a standard date format and can be used in conjunction with other date operations for international and cross-platform date manipulation.
Math operations on the date are performed in days.
This property can be tested but not set.
Example
This script displays the current date being retrieved and then determines the date 90 days from the current date:
on ShowEndOfTrialPeriodDate set today = the systemDate set trialEndDate = today + 90 put "The trial period for this software is over on"&&trialEndDate end
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