On 7/2/11 2:46 PM, Pete wrote:
So if a user tells me he wants his dates in OS X medium or long format, I
can't find out what that is with LC code, same for an OS X long time.
Start with these. The functions below will only work on US systems, or
in countries that use US date/time formats. If you want to accomodate
other countries you'll have to do more work.
The "lookupZone" function is for the long and full time formats. I have
exactly one entry in there for central time. What you need to do for
that is make a list of all the time zones, one per line, in the same
order my example uses. Store it in a custom property or somewhere.
Retrieve the list for the lookup function.
There may be a shell call to do that, or a list stored somewhere in OS
X. I don't know. Anyway, maybe this will get you started:
function formatDate pDate,pFormat -- short, medium, long, full
switch pFormat
case "short"
convert pDate to short date
put pDate into tFormattedDate
break
case "medium"
convert pDate to abbrev date
put item 2 to -1 of pDate into tFormattedDate
break
case "long"
convert pDate to long date
put item 2 to -1 of pDate into tFormattedDate
break
case "full"
convert pDate to long date
put pDate into tFormattedDate
break
end switch
return tFormattedDate
end formatDate
function formatTime pTime,pFormat
switch pFormat
case "short"
convert pTime to short time
put pTime into tFormattedTime
break
case "medium"
convert pTime to long time
put pTime into tFormattedTime
break
case "long"
case "full"
convert pTime to long time
put pTime into tFormattedTime
convert pTime to internet date
put word 6 of pTime into tTimeZone
put lookupZone(tTimeZone) into tZoneInfo
if pFormat = "long" then
put item 2 of tZoneInfo into tTimeZone
else -- full
put item 3 of tZoneInfo into tTimeZone
end if
put space & tTimeZone after tFormattedTime
break
end switch
return tFormattedTime
end formatTime
function lookupZone pHourOffset
-- need a list in this format, one line per zone:
put "-0500,CST,CT" into tZones
return line lineoffset(pHourOffset,tZones) of tZones
end lookupZone
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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