Telling the time in Applescript

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3 total messages Started by Rev. Nigel J. Coke-Woods Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00

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Author: Rev. Nigel J. Coke-Woods
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:00

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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?

Nigel
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Rev. Nigel Coke-Woods, Methodist Minister
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Re: Telling the time in Applescript

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Author: John Rethorst
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. 

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Re: Telling the time in Applescript

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Author: Simon Slavin
Date: Sun, 14 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:

> [snip] is there a way of getting the time in
> applescript and performing a test on it?

Start with this AppleScript (complete in one line):

return (time of (current date)) / 60 / 60

and work from there.

PS: please don't cross-post between d.t.m and comp.sys.mac.system.

Simon.
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