On Apr 3, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Brian S wrote:

and don’t forget to release those CF objects ( like I did! ):

'-----------
include "ConsoleWindow"

toolbox fn DateFormatCreateStringWithAbsoluteTime( CFStringRef formatString, CFAbsoluteTime  at ) = CFStringRef

dim as CFStringRef          dateStr
dim as CFAbsoluteTime       at

at = fn CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent()

dateStr = fn DateFormatCreateStringWithAbsoluteTime( @"e", at )   // as a number 0 = Sun
fn ConsolePrintCFString( dateStr )
CFRelease( dateStr )

dateStr = fn DateFormatCreateStringWithAbsoluteTime( @"eee", at ) // Mon, Tue, etc.
fn ConsolePrintCFString( dateStr ) 
CFRelease( dateStr )

dateStr = fn DateFormatCreateStringWithAbsoluteTime( @"eeee", at )// Full name
fn ConsolePrintCFString( dateStr )
CFRelease( dateStr ) 
'-----------

Brian S.