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Article #2236Re: Telling the time in Applescript
From: John Rethorst
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00
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In article <19971213183524193449@cokery.demon.co.uk>, Nigel@cokery.demon.co.uk (Rev. Nigel J. Coke-Woods) wrote: > I want to run an applescript which will check my email on startup, but > only if before a certain time of the day. I know there is a shareware > program called "Once per day", but is there a way of getting the time in > applescript and performing a test on it? > Figure out your certain time of day in seconds since midnight, e.g. 9 a.m. is 32400. Then run this script: set theDate to current date set theTime to time of theDate if theTime < 32400 -- your script here end if -- John R. Please delete initial 'x' from email address to reply.
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