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Sometimes, it's best to name files based on the current date and time. Other times, you might want to include the date in a file that you are preparing. Many times, you need the date in a specific format. Here, we have several utility scripts that return the current date in the following format:
930201 (starDate)
930201 15.33 (starTime)
1 February 1993 (formDate)
1 Feb 1993 (aformDate)
Wednesday, 1 February 1993 (dowDate)
Wed, 1 Feb 1993 (adowDate)
The scripts are very easy to follow, and you should be able to modify any of them to return a date in a format of your own choosing. Since MicroPhone does not support the ability to write your own functions using scripts, I am introducing a method of faking this: To get the current date in a specific format, run the appropriate script. The current date will be returned to you in a variable with the same name as the script. So, for example, you might do the following:
Do Script "'starDate'"
Alert OK "'Captain''s Log, Star Date ' & starDate & '.'"
The only real difference between starDate being a real function and not, is that you need to call the script before using the value stored in starDate.
Take a look at the scripts in this settings document. Export them and import them into your own documents. Try modifying them to return a format of your own choosing.
