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  Anonymous

  3 years ago

  Here is a one liner
  <ul id="quote">For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set date=%%a-%%b-%%c)</ul>
  
  There may still be value in the first example it you need to access the seperate mm,dd,yyyy values but this works great for me.
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  Anonymous

  3 years ago

  <ul id="quote"><h6>wattpuppy wrote:</h6>Here is a one liner
  </ul><ul id="quote">For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set date=%%a-%%b-%%c)</ul>
  
  There may still be value in the first example it you need to access the seperate mm,dd,yyyy values but this works great for me.
  
  hmm.. I tried your oneliner and only could get the day and the year.. I was missing the month.. I tried playing with the tokens and changing it to 1-4, but then I got Tue 08-16-2004 ..
  
  the first iteration on the initial page added an extra space which I didn't like.. thanks for the help!
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  Anonymous

  3 years ago

  I actually fiddled with it and made it two lines.. but it's working..
  
  here it is..
  
  FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
  For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set date=%%a%%b%%c)
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  Anonymous

  3 years ago

  Wierd! I currently use the exact code I sent posted to generate mm-dd-yyyy on a log file. What OS are you using? I'm running this on both Winxp and Win2000 Server.
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  Anonymous

  3 years ago

  win 2003 server .. I can't see why there would be a difference...
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  Subhash

  3 years ago

  Hi,
  
  Idea about getting the current date time in required format is good. I wanted to know how to subtract the required days from the current date.
  
  Like current date is 11/18/2005
  required date is 11/15/2005 i.e., subtract 3 days from current date.
  
  Then use that date in our script.
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  Anonymous

  3 years ago

  Hi Subhash
  
  Getting calculation of date is no easy task.
  What O/S are you using.
  
  It's inportant because, "echo %Date%" or date /t would produce
  different results on different O/S and date formats ie.
  
  WinXP English Date 01/12/2005
  WinXP American Date 12/01/2005
  
  Win 2000 the same but adds the Weekday Tue 01/08/2005
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  mahen

  3 years ago

  Hi,
  
  You can try the below. it works in XP.
  
  FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE /T') DO SET mm=%%B
  FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE /T') DO SET dd=%%B
  FOR /F "TOKENS=3* DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE /T') DO SET yyyy=%%B
  
  set /A dd=%dd%-3
  
  set Pdate=%mm%/%dd%/%yyyy%
  echo %Pdate%
  
  
  rgds
  Mahen
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  pbv kumar

  9 months ago

  it works fantastic bu tmy problem is in format i want the date should be form 1 to 9 will be 01 ,02,03 & 09 like . kindly giv eme the solutions
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  davak

  3 years ago

  <ul id="quote"><h6>Subhash wrote:</h6>Hi,
  
  Idea about getting the current date time in required format is good. I wanted to know how to subtract the required days from the current date.
  
  Like current date is 11/18/2005
  required date is 11/15/2005 i.e., subtract 3 days from current date.
  
  Then use that date in our script.</ul>
  
  Date Calculation In Batch Files XP/2000:
  http://www.tech-recipes.com/batch_file_programm...
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  Anonymous

  2 years ago

  Seamonkey 420,
  
  I am trying to modify your code so it sets a variable for date in the format YYMMDD with no spaces. I tried to make the mods, but I just don't have the knowledge nor the time to figure this out.
  
  Can you assist?
  
  dklock
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  Anonymous

  2 years ago

  Try this.
  
  
for /f "tokens=1,2" %%u in ('date /t') do set d=%%v
for /f "tokens=1" %%u in ('time /t') do set t=%%u
if "%t:~1,1%"==":" set t=0%t%
rem set timestr=%d:~6,4%%d:~3,2%%d:~0,2%%t:~0,2%%t:~3,2%
set datestr=%d:~6,4%%d:~0,2%%d:~3,2%
set timestr=%t:~0,2%%t:~3,2%

@echo %datestr%-%timestr%
@echo %datestr%
@echo %timestr%

  
  SparkByte
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  Anonymous

  1 year ago

  i am working on a windows batch script that creates a zip file and adds the date to the file name, this works great for a full backup. I want to be able to set the initial date that the incremental backup begins, and then count up three days, and append the updated date to the zip file name.
  
  This is what i use to create the date:
  Set DD_MM_YYYY=%DATE:~4,2%_%DATE:~7,2%_%DATE:~10,4%
  
  then create file and add it to name as so:
  7a u -tzip e:backupincremental_%DD_MM_YYYY%.zip
  
  I would like to set the initial date for the file on lets say Monday 12_10_2007 then for Tues, Wed, and Thurs, append the file name to something like:
  incremental_%DD_MM_YYYY%_%Tues%.zip
  incremental_%DD_MM_YYYY%_%Wed%.zip
  incremental_%DD_MM_YYYY%_%Thurs%.zip
  
  Is it possible to set tues, wed, thurs as variables then script the rename of the file to reflect the new days?
  
  I guess I'm too new at this and could use some advice.
  
  Thanks,
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  TonyCH

  8 months ago

  The 2nd line should have: echo %CDATE%
  instead of: DATE/T
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  hi

  6 months ago

  this does not work
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  XJ Moonen

  6 months ago

  Perhaps you should try this
  
  :: script for datestring in yyyymmdd format
  :: XJ Moonen Netherlands
  
  
  for /f "tokens=1,2" %%u in ('date /t') do set d=%%v
  for /f "tokens=1" %%u in ('time /t') do set t=%%u
  
  if "%t:~1,1%"==":" set t=0%t%
  
  set datestr=%d:~6,4%%d:~3,2%%d:~0,2%
  set y=%d:~6,4%
  set m=%d:~3,2%
  set d=%d:~0,2%
  
  :: test if month < 10 if yes then add a leading zero
  if /i %m% LSS 10 set m=0%m%
  
  :: test if day < 10 if yes then add a leading zero
  if /i %d% LSS 10 set d=0%d%
  
  set ymd=%y%%m%%d%
  
  ::set the actual timestring ie 2034
  set timestr=%t:~0,2%%t:~3,2%
  
  :: set the filename
  set fname=Filename%ymd%_%timestr%
  
  :: show the filename
  echo %fname%
  c:\windows\system32\sleep.exe 10
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  Ryan

  5 months ago

  why not just do this:
  
  set mydate=%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%
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  Hersch

  4 months ago

  Ryan, I love it, it is great one line no trickery with files etc. I expanded it further my requirements.
  
  echo Get the current date and time in YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS format
  SET isodt=%date:~10,4%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2%-%time:~0,2%-%time:~3,2%-%time:~6,2%
  echo %isodt%
  
  Thanks a million
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  mike

  3 months ago

  genius!, simple, elegant! thanks!
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  Rakesh Bhangre

  4 months ago

  like my file in E drive - 06022009.DMP so how can copy this file in CD Drive using Batch file. my batch file is :-
  @echo off
  cls
  echo Copying started at %date% %time%
  xcopy "E:\%date%.DMP" "C:\Documents and Settings\Hp1\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning\BACKUP\*.*" /s /e /h /c /d /i /y
  xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Hp1\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning\BACKUP\*.*" "G:\BACKUP\*.*"
  PAUSE
  explorer g:
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  Marcus

  4 months ago

  Perfect, exactly what i wanted, thanks for saving me 2 hours !
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  rvsdi

  4 months ago

  how to save file with filename+current date
  ex : myfile20090210
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  leif

  4 months ago

  not the best at this yet dont even realy know what half what i posted mean but i just got it working with the Filename_"%PDATE%". if you dont want a gap inbetween file and date do Filename"%PDATE%". hope it helps.
  
  FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE /T') DO SET mm=%%B
  FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE /T') DO SET dd=%%B
  FOR /F "TOKENS=3* DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE /T') DO SET yyyy=%%B
  
  set /A dd=%dd%
  
  set Pdate=%yyyy%_%mm%_%dd%
  echo %Pdate%
  
  mkdir C:\MYFILE_"%PDATE%"\
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  Fuad

  2 months ago

  Okey
  that helps
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  Some User

  2 months ago

  For programmers in the USA, use THIS script instead, otherwise it won't work with the standard Windows US MM/DD/YYYY format.
  
  @Echo Off
  Set YYYY-MM-DD=%DATE:~6,4%-%DATE:~0,2%-%DATE:~3,2%
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  Chris Felpel

  2 months ago

  Many thanks. I started to write my own then quickly remembered writing bat files requires a fine mix of science and art with a dash of experence.
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  James Lubuag

  2 months ago

  how can i combine the date and time to create a file name. please advise
  
  
  
  echo %date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%
  
  ren d:\temp\log.pdf Survey%date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2%.pdf
  
  
  pause
  
  for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=:" %%d in ("%time%") do rename "hope.pdf" %%d-%%e.pdf
  pause
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  FP

  1 month ago

  Or you can use %date% and parse it later in your script.
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  Rarsa

  1 month ago

  I had been using a method similar to yours but recently I found one that is even simpler:
  
  The %DATE% AND %TIME% variables contain the formated date and time so you an just extract the substrings using regular variable syntax
  
  set _DATETIME=%DATE:~10,4%%DATE:~4,2%%DATE:~7,2%%TIME:~0,2%%TIME:~3,2%%TIME:~6,2%
  
  In my case
  
  %DATE% contains "Tue 05/26/2009"
  so %DATE:~10,4% means to extract a substring 4 characters long starting from character 10
  
  If you weren't aware of that way of handling substrings for any variables, now you know.
  
  If you have a different default date format than mine you will have to adapt the parameters
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  Trent Nelson

  1 month ago

  Here's what I use. It queries the registry first to figure out what format the date is going to be returned in. It currently supports UK and US locales (as that's all I need to support at the moment). Trivial to extend it to support others.
  
  @echo off
  goto test
  
  :get_date_yyyymmdd
  setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
  set _RV=
  set _ERR=0
  set _CMD=reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\International" /v sShortDate
  for /f "usebackq skip=2 tokens=3,* delims= " %%i in (`%_CMD%`) do (
  rem Amsterdam/Houston servers:
  rem Short date format (%%i): M/d/yyyy
  rem Sample %DATE%: Thu 05/29/2009
  rem London servers:
  rem Short date format (%%i): dd/MM/yyyy
  rem Sample %DATE%: 29/05/2009
  set D=!DATE!
  echo i: %%i
  echo D: !D!
  if "%%i"=="M/d/yyyy" (
  rem I'm assuming the day abbreviation will always be three chars
  rem (so we account for four in total, including the space). So
  rem far, I can attest that this is definitely the case on Wed &
  rem Thu ;-)
  set yyyy=!D:~-4!
  set mm=!D:~-10,-8!
  set dd=!D:~-7,-5!
  ) else if "%%i"=="dd/MM/yyyy" (
  set yyyy=!D:~-4!
  set mm=!D:~-7,-5!
  set dd=!D:~-10,-8!
  ) else (
  echo fatal: I don't understand this system's date format (%%i^)
  set _ERR=1
  )
  )
  set _RETVAL=!yyyy!!mm!!dd!
  endlocal & set _YYYYMMDD=%_RETVAL% & set _ERROR=%_ERR%
  exit /b %_ERROR%
  
  :test
  call :get_date_yyyymmdd
  echo formatted date: %_YYYYMMDD%
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  dan

  1 month ago

  Thanks guys... I really didn't have time to figure this out myself
  I was going to recreate xset32 for win64 in c++ or PERL, but this is much easier.
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