Date Comparison Problems (was Date)

[Ian McKnight]

Hi

I have a stack which calls for a date to be entered.
As part of the validation checks I split the date into an array.
Once the date has been validated I then want to ensure that it is not
in the future.
So I compare the valid input date with the current date.

The straight comparison code of

if theDOB > theDateNow then .....

failed so the code I use is converts both dates to seconds

 -- check if date is in the future
 put theDOBA into theDOB
 combine theDOB with "/"
 convert theDOB to short date -- to ensure that it is treated as a
date - seems to make no difference
 convert theDOB to seconds --------- fails here

theDOBA is an array containing a date in the form DD MM YYYY - one
element per key

When I enter a date eg "19/3/1984" the variable theDOB is not
cenverted but remains in date form, however this code to convert the
current date to seconds works fine

 put the short date into theDateNow
 set itemdelimiter to "/"
 put 20 before item 3 of theDateNow -- ensure 4 digit year
 convert theDateNow to seconds


I would appreciate any guidance as my reassembled date does not seem
to be treated as a date,


TIA


Regards

Ian

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