How do I readout the current time and display it?

I'd like to get the current time and place it into a control page .

Thanks,

Dave

As always, there's probably a better way to do this but I run this script by a Time/Date Action once every minute:

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set theDate to (current date) as string
set hourWord to word 5 of theDate as integer --hour
set minWord to word 6 of theDate as integer --minute

set apWord to word 8 of theDate --AM or PM
set theHour to hourWord * 100 + minWord

if (apWord = "PM" and hourWord ≠ 12) then set theHour to theHour + 1200
if (apWord = "AM" and hourWord = 12) then set theHour to theHour - 2400

-- add leading zero if necessary
set minWordString to minWord as string

set theLength to the length of minWordString
if theLength = 1 then
    set minWord to "0" & minWord as string
end if

set theClock to (hourWord as string) & ":" & minWord as string

set theDay to text 1 thru 3 of theDate

tell application "IndigoServer"
    set value of variable "TimeNow" to (current date) as string
    set value of variable "TimeNow2400" to theHour
    set value of variable "ClockTime" to theClock
    set value of variable "DayShort" to theDay
end tell

Just create the variables such as "ClockTime" and display them on a Control Page.

Carl

Thanks a lot. I'll try it.

Thanks very much, this worked like a charm just by creating a schedule to run an embedded applescript. (no action needed separately)

[jay (support)]

With Indigo 5 it's even easier - use the Insert Timestamp into Variable action in the Action Collection plugin. No scripting required and virtually unlimited formatting options using the Python format specifiers (if you want to override the default).