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Replace Date Placeholders 1.1.1
**Function:** Replaces date placeholders in the specified URLs for use by subsequent actions.
**Author**: [Yellow Camp](http://yellow-camp.com)
**Input**: (URLs) Passed through this action untouched.
**Output**: (URLs) Input URLs and modified placeholder URLs specified in this action.
**Notes**: Replace Date Placeholders substitutes date values in URLs provided by the user. You can use this action to automate regular downloading of Internet resources where the URLs contain date values such as numeric day, month, and year.
[More Info](http://yellow-camp.com/2007/03/06/replace-date-placeholders/)
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It is great. As I am new with Automator, is it possible to add one day to the date ? Thks
Comment by chomi — August 27, 2005 @ 11:38 am
Not at this time chomi, but that is an interesting idea. I’ll see about a new version.
Comment by Advenio — September 16, 2005 @ 10:44 am
This is what i was expected
This is magic
Thanks
Comment by chomi — September 16, 2005 @ 2:37 pm
Thanks! this is awesome, however i seem to be getting the same error over and over; “the operation could not be completed because there is already an item with that name”, its the first time i try to install it, and im a bit confused…. any ideas what I’m doing wrong??
Thanks!
Comment by Manu — August 25, 2006 @ 9:57 pm
I have used the Replace Date Holder action for months on myibok G4. It’s been invaluable at our office. I’ve now gotten a Macbook Pro; which has – as you all know – an Intell processor… now when I open my saved workflowes that contain the ‘Replace Date Holder’ action, Automator tells me that the workflow [i]might[/i] not work properly because the action is not made for this processor. What’s up with this message? Will it not work? It seems to work… but when you open the workflow in automator the ‘Replace Date Holder’ action isn’t visible!
very strange…
Comment by Tom — September 4, 2006 @ 1:48 pm
[…] using the Replace Date Placeholders automator action, I can now automatically download a PDF for the Wall Street Journal every morning. […]
Pingback by Sweet Workflow Action at Digital Delusion — February 1, 2007 @ 2:15 pm
With OS X 10.6 Build 10A 394, Automator require an Universal version of Replace Date Placeholders.
Do you plan it ?
Thanks again for this very useful automator action I used for 4 years now :-)
Comment by chomi — June 27, 2009 @ 8:20 am