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I want some code which lists days in order:

on mouseUp
put empty into fld test
put "10/31/12" into temp
repeat with zz=1 to 6
convert temp to seconds
add 86400 to temp
convert temp to short date
put temp into line zz of fld test
end repeat
end mouseUp

But the thing hangs on 11/4/12 and ...

I'm also getting "Monday, March 6, 2169" on my computer (mac, osX 10.5). What kind of machine are you on, and what do you get if you try the following script?

local temp
put the long date into temp
convert temp to seconds
convert temp to internet date
answer temp

maybe the long date or the ...

Mark wrote:After running your script, I get Sunday, March 5, 2169

I get Friday, December 13, 1901.

You might want to provide just a little bit more info to enable me and others to help you.

If this handler produced the correct date everything would be fine:

on mouseUp
put the long date into temp
convert temp to seconds
repeat 100
add 1.6*365.25*86400 to temp
end repeat
convert temp to ...

"Why don't you use four-digit years? "

CenturyCutoff still interferes.

I need to run dates a few hundred years forward in an astronomy program.

Is there a way to disable the centuryCutoff property?

In the fld inspector there is a click box named 'focusable'. How does one change that box through code?

set the xx of fld 1 to true/false

What is xx? What property is 'focusable' alluding to?


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