gistfile1

-- Uses cleaner syntax than common solutions for toggling the state of the Notification Center in Mac OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
set notificationStatus to do shell script "defaults -currentHost read com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturb"

if notificationStatus is equal to "1" then
	do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturb -boolean false"
	do shell script "defaults  -currentHost delete com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturbDate"
	do shell script "launchctl stop com.apple.notificationcenterui.agent"
else
	
	do shell script "defaults -currentHost write com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturb -boolean true"
	set theDate to quoted form of (do shell script "date +\"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S +0000\"")
    do shell script "defaults  -currentHost write com.apple.notificationcenterui doNotDisturbDate -date " & theDate
	do shell script "launchctl stop com.apple.notificationcenterui.agent"
end if