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Convert AppleScript date objects to UNIX timestamp or POSIX date format
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-- convert an AppleScript Date object to a POSIX date CCYYMMDDHHmm.SS | |
on posixDate(datetime) | |
-- date -j -f "%A, %B %e, %Y at %I:%M:%S %p" "Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 11:00:00 AM" +%Y%m%d%H%M | |
set command to "date -j -f '%A, %B %e, %Y at %I:%M:%S %p' '" & datetime & "'" | |
set command to command & " +%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" | |
set thePosixDate to do shell script command | |
return thePosixDate | |
end posixDate | |
-- convert an AppleScript Date object to a UNIX timestamp (seconds since epoch) | |
on unixDate(datetime) | |
set command to "date -j -f '%A, %B %e, %Y at %I:%M:%S %p' '" & datetime & "'" | |
set command to command & " +%s" | |
set theUnixDate to do shell script command | |
return theUnixDate | |
end unixDate |
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How can we convert unix time to AppleScript date object?