Welcome to DayFinder!
DayFinder is an AppleScript utility that lets you type in a date then tells you which day of the week it is, was or will be. You can, of course, look this up yourself if you happen to have a calendar or diary for the relevant year handy.
DayFinder is for those occasions when you haven't or simply can't be bothered to get it out.
When, for example, you want to know which day of the week...
• Your spouse's birthday will fall on next year
• Your silver wedding anniversary will fall on
• Christmas day fell on in 1869
All very useful stuff. Really don't know how I managed without it before...
To use DayFinder, simply run it (doubleclick).
Dates can be entered in almost any format:
05/08/02, 5.8.02 (two-digit years are assumed to refer to the current century)
5Aug, 5 Aug, Aug5, aug 5, August 5 (standard month abbreviations are recognised; if no year is specified, the current year is assumed)
Jul, Aug, Sep (month only with no date defaults to the 1st of the specified month)
1, 2, 3 (date only, no month or year, assumes current month)
July 4 2003, August 15 1920, 23 Jan 1959.
Please note that numeric abbreviations - 1st, 3rd, 22nd etc - will not always be recognised; where they fail the date entered will be treated as the 1st of the month concerned.
Finally, just for fun, if you'd like DayFinder to remember your birthday type in the word "birthday" instead of a date.
Feel free to take it apart with the Script Editor, but modified copies may ONLY be distributed if you add your name, the date and some info about the changes you've made to the accompanying "About Dayfinder" file AND in the comments section within the file itself.
System Requirements
Any Mac running system 7.5 or higher; AppleScript.
DayFinder was compiled with AppleScript 1.3.4 under MacOS 8.5.1 - if it won't run on your machine, try this:
1) Open it with the Script Editor (should be in the AppleScript folder, in the Apple Extras folder)
2) Change something (just typing a space will do)...
3) ...then change it back (if you typed a space, delete it)
4) Click the "Check Syntax" button (should be top right on the Script Editor window)
5) Save it.
This should recompile DayFinder to run on your system.
Want to try it? Download it now! (14k)
All the info on this page is included with your download in a SimpleText Read-Only file.
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Disclaimer
All the usual disclaimers apply: use of DayFinder is entirely at your own risk.
No warranty is offered and no liability is accepted. Your life is in your own hands: handle it with care.
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If you use it & like it, please add a link from your website to ours.
Distribute freely.
A copy of any CD ROM that DayFinder appears on would be appreciated, but this is not a prerequisite to its inclusion. Please email me for my snail-mail address.
© Phil Groom, July 2001
phil@groomsville.co.uk
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