How to set a device string to include the current time?

[31sunset]

OK, I want to set a device string to say: Front Door Last Opened at: 12:45pm. How do I script this?

This is what I currently have (which doesn't work):

&hs.setdevicestring "d4","Front Door Last Opened at: &time"

Any ideas?

[Dan-O]

But change it to:
&hs.setdevicestring "d4","Front Door Last Opened at: " &time

You going to find that the time function actually provides too much info.

If you want to 'clean it up' a bit let me know and I can post a small bit of a script I use to show the time in a more 'readable' format.

Dan-O
My system specs are in my profile
(Current beta as always)

[31sunset]

Thanks, Dan-O! That works great. Now can I bother you to ask how I would add the date too? I tried this:

&hs.setdevicestring "d3","Front Door Last Opened at: " &time on &date

But that doesn't do it. Any ideas?

Thanks for your help!

[Dan-O]

Change it to:
&hs.setdevicestring "d3","Front Door Last Opened at: " &time &" on " &date

See the difference?

Dan-O
My system specs are in my profile
(Current beta as always)

[Rupp]

&hs.setdevicestring "d3","Front Door Last Opened at: " & now

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