Time for action – creating date and time pickers

Let's make another test-rig stack, which we'll use to try out some date and time pickers:

1. Create a new Mainstack, name it ReminderFunctions, and save the stack.

2. Add two fields and two new buttons.

3. Name one field dateinseconds and the other timeinseconds.

4. Name the buttons as Pick Date and Pick Time.

5. Set the script of the Pick Date button to this:

   on mouseUp
     mobilePickDate date
     put the result into tDate
     convert tDate to seconds
     put tDate into field "dateinseconds"
   end mouseUp

6. Set the Pick Time button script to this:

   on mouseUp
     mobilePickDate "time"
     put the result into tTime
     convert tTime to seconds
     put tTime into field timeinseconds
   end mouseUp

7. Set the Standalone Application Settings so that you can test on iOS or Android.

8. Choose your Test Target (in the following steps, you can see that the iPhone simulator was chosen in this case) and do a Test.

9. Click on the Pick Date button.

10. Select December 25th, 2012 and click on Done.

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