Date and Time Constants

AppleScript supplies several constants you can use when working with date and time values:

minutes , hours , days , weeks

The number of seconds, respectively, in a minute, hour, day, and week.



 
date "September 13, 1998" + 4 * days + 3 * hours + 2 * minutes

--result: date "Thursday, September 17, 1998 3:02:00 AM"

Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday or Mon , Tue , Wed , Thu , Fri , Sat , Sun

The days of the week. Use the identifier weekday to extract a day of the week from a date.



 
set theDate to current date --using scripting addition command

--result: date "Saturday, February 27, 1999 3:37:50 PM"

weekday of theDate --result: Saturday

January , February , March , April , May , June , July , August , September , October , November , December or Jan , Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov , Dec

The months of the year. Use the identifier month to extract a month from a date.



 
month of theDate --result: February

For more information on working with date and time values, see Date and Date-Time Arithmetic.