Monday, November 08, 2010 at 12:02 AM.

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system.verbs.builtins.file.getDatePath

on getDatePath (chseparator=file.getpathchar (), theDate=clock.now (), flLastSeparator=true) {
	<<Changes
		<<1/4/09; 6:37:24 PM by DW
			<<New optional param, flLastSeparator, default true. If false, we don't include the last separator character. In some cases the days don't represent folders, they are files, so you don't want the separator character at the end.
		<<6/15/07; 5:09:26 PM by DW
			<<This code has been replicated for years in dozens of places.
	local (day, month, year, hour, minute, second);
	date.get (theDate, @day, @month, @year, @hour, @minute, @second);
	month = string.padwithzeros (month, 2);
	day = string.padwithzeros (day, 2);
	if flLastSeparator { //1/4/09 by DW
		return (year + chseparator + month + chseparator + day + chseparator)}
	else {
		return (year + chseparator + month + chseparator + day)}}
<<bundle //test code
	<<dialog.alert (getDatePath ("/"))

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