Section 16.2. Numbers

16.2. Numbers

The minutes property and its ilk are intended to help you convert to seconds. This is because date arithmetic uses seconds (see "Date" in Chapter 13 and "Arithmetic Operators" in Chapter 15).

pi

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3.14159265359

3.14159265359

The ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

Example

 set area to pi * (radius ^ 2) 

minutes

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60

60

The number of seconds in a minute.

Example

 (current date) + 30 * minutes -- half an hour from now 

hours

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3600

3600

The number of seconds in an hour.

Example

 (current date) + 2 * hours -- two hours from now 

days

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86400

86400

The number of seconds in a day.

Example

 (current date) + 2 * days -- two days from now 

weeks

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604800

604800

The number of seconds in a week.

Example

 (current date) + 2 * weeks -- two weeks from now