### date

An expression that evaluates to a text string in one of the valid date or time formats. 

The value can evaluate to a date and time (or time and date).

HyperTalk examples:

```
the date -- function returning the date
the time -- function returning the time
the date && the time
"8/25/60"
"8-25-60 8:05 am"
"Thursday, August 25, 1960"
(2720995200-1787702400) -- seconds
"1960,8,25,0,0,0,5" -- dateItems
```

AppleScript examples:

```
short date
long date
abbreviated date
```