How many days until ...

[Klaus]

Jaques, please give him a chance!

[jacque]

Sorry. At least I didn't post a script.

[Klaus]

HA, touché!

[dunbarx]

The dateItems is really a terrific gadget. Try this:

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on mouseUp
   get the date
   convert it to dateitems
   add 10000 to item 4 of it  -- or   subtract 10000 from item 4 of it
   convert it to date
   answer it
end mouseUp

You can use this sort of thing to go forward or back in time. In fact, you might play around with the above, but:

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 get the time
 ...

Craig