Here, I show you how to convert a month name to its numerical data and visa-versa. This can be very useful when, for instance, you have databases in which you need to display the date in a long, more user-friendly form, and in another, where you want a more condensed, short date for a [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/converting-dates-to-different-formats/feed/ 98 http://www.scriptsforapple.com/working-with-dates-and-using-math-operators/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/working-with-dates-and-using-math-operators/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:01:54 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=1747 One of the more curious aspects of AppleScript that inexperienced scripters are not aware of (and even more experienced scripters often overlook) is the fact that you can use the greater than [>] operator and the less than [<] operator with dates to determine, for instance, which of two given dates occurs first in the [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/working-with-dates-and-using-math-operators/feed/ 117 http://www.scriptsforapple.com/working-with-dates-in-applescript/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/working-with-dates-in-applescript/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:51:49 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=1738 If you have ever worked with date coercions and manipulations in AppleScript, you know how frustrating it can be, from something as simple as trying to coerce it to text so that it can be displayed in a dialog, to trying to convert it to a different date format; you have one simple thing in [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/working-with-dates-in-applescript/feed/ 345