Timestamps in Find requests

[D Space]

FM8

If I'm in find mode I can do a find request in a timestamp field by entering, for example, >01/01/2006 08:00 AM and it will find the appropriate records.

I want to do the same thing in a script where I have set a script variable = to a timestamp value. I

enter find mode

set field (timestampfield; ">$$scriptvariable")

perform find

It doesn't find the appropriate records and if I leave out the perform find, I can see the timestampfield is not filled in. I assume that is because ">$$scriptvariable" resolves to text and not timestamp. If that's the case, how can I enter this constraint in that field via the script. Everything I try seems to result in an error in the script editor.

Thanks for any help.

[sbg2]

Try:

set field (timestampfield; ">" & $$scriptvariable)