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	<legacy_id>1999</legacy_id>
	<name>long</name>
	<type>keyword</type>

	<syntax>
	</syntax>

	<synonyms>
		<synonym>detailed</synonym>
	</synonyms>

	<summary>Specifies a format for the date, time, files, and folders functions, the convert command, and the name, ID, and owner properties.</summary>

	<examples>
<example>put the long ID of this card</example>
<example>put the long date</example>
<example><p>put the long seconds</p></example>
<example><p>set the defaultfolder to "/"</p><p>put the detailed files</p></example>
<example><p>set the defaultfolder to "/"</p><p>put the long folders</p></example>
	</examples>

	<history>
		<introduced version="1.0">Added.</introduced>
		<deprecated version=""></deprecated>
		<removed version=""></removed>
		<changed version="2.0">2.0</changed>
		<experimental version=""></experimental>
		<nonexperimental version=""></nonexperimental>
	</history>

	<objects>
	</objects>

	<platforms>
		<mac/>
		<windows/>
		<linux/>
		<ios/>
		<android/>
	</platforms>

	<classes>
		<desktop/>
		<server/>
		<web/>
		<mobile/>
	</classes>

	<security>
	</security>


	<classification>
		<category>Math, Logic, &amp; Dates</category>
		<category>Files, Folders, &amp; Resources</category>
	</classification>

	<references>
		<function tag="dateFormat">dateFormat Function</function>
		<command tag="libURLSetLogField">libURLSetLogField Command</command>
		<command tag="convert">convert Command</command>
	</references>

	<description>Use the <b>long</b> <glossary tag="keyword">keyword</glossary> to obtain a date, time, name, ID, or list of <function tag="files">files</function> or <function tag="folders">folders</function> with the greatest amount of available detail.<p></p><p><b>Comments:</b></p><p>In general, a <b>long</b> form is longer than either the <keyword tag="short">short</keyword> form or the <keyword tag="abbreviated">abbreviated</keyword> form.</p><p></p><p>If the <b>useSystemDate</b> <glossary tag="property">property</glossary> is set to false, a long <function tag="date">date</function> looks like this:</p><p>Thursday, June 22, 2000</p><p>If the <b>useSystemDate</b> is true, the long <function tag="date">date</function> is formatted according to the system settings.</p><p></p><p>If the <b>useSystemDate</b> <glossary tag="property">property</glossary> is set to false, a long <function tag="time">time</function> looks like this:</p><p>11:22:47 AM</p><p>If the <b>useSystemDate</b> is true, the long <function tag="time">time</function> is formatted according to the system settings.</p><p></p><p>A long object <b>name</b> consists of the <glossary tag="object type">object type</glossary>, followed by the name in quotes, for the <glossary tag="object">object</glossary> and its <property tag="owner">owner</property> (and the <property tag="owner">owner</property> of that <glossary tag="object">object</glossary>, and so on). For example, a long <keyword tag="card">card</keyword> name looks like this:</p><p>card "My Card" of stack "/Drive/Folder/Stack.rev"</p><p></p><p>A long object <b>ID</b> looks like this:</p><p>card "My Card" of stack "/Drive/Folder/Stack.rev"</p><p></p><p></p><note> The <b>long</b> <glossary tag="keyword">keyword</glossary> is implemented internally as a <glossary tag="property">property</glossary> and <control_st tag="function">function</control_st>, and appears in the <function tag="propertyNames">propertyNames</function> and the <function tag="functionNames">functionNames</function>. However, it cannot be used as a <glossary tag="property">property</glossary> in an <glossary tag="expression">expression</glossary>, nor with the <command tag="set">set</command> <glossary tag="command">command</glossary>.</note><p></p><p></p><change><p>The formsandwere introduced in version 1.1. In previous versions, the <b>files</b> and <function tag="folders">folders</function> <glossary tag="function">functions</glossary> supported only a simple list of <keyword tag="file">file</keyword> or <property tag="defaultFolder">folder</property> names.</change><p></p><p>Thesynonym was introduced in version 1.1.</p><p></p><p>The formwas introduced in version 2.0. In previous versions, the form of the <b>owner</b> <glossary tag="property">property</glossary> could not be specified and reported only the abbreviated <property tag="owner">owner</property>.</p></description>
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