Short Date String

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#1

I take it that “Short Date String” only works with the current date? I’ve tried in vain to get it to work with other dates:

set modDate to modification date of file thefile as string
set shortModDate to short date string of (modDate)

Model: MAcBook Pro Retina
AppleScript: 2.2.1
Browser: Safari 536.30.1
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.7)

#2

Hi,

short date string works only with a date object.
Omit the as string coercion


set modDate to modification date of file thefile
set shortModDate to short date string of (modDate)
#3

Thanks Stefan for the timely reply!