Creating a batch file that input date & time

[gpm1968]

Hi

I create my logo and assign a job for each XP install I do. My job number takes the date and time of the day I am working on a piece. eg 200403242038 and this never repeats. Now how can i create a batch file that can automatically assign the date and time so that i can generate this job number

[likuidkewl]

http://www.myitforum.com/articles/11/view.asp?id=2750

[gpm1968]

On the cmd when I type Date i get " the current date is *****" " enter new date

the same thing for time. Now I want to capture these parameters ( date and time) so that i can use the generated date and time in my answer file. is it possible

gpm

[Shotgun]

This works for Windows NT and up:

DATE /T outputs the current date

TIME /T outputs the current time

[Shotgun]

Forgot to mention that the output from DATE and TIME can be redirected to another program or to a file.

[gpm1968]

thanks iam getting somewhere now - is it possible to craete an output file with date and time in one line, why because I want it that way to create a job # for my logo. I use a program called wintrieve to create the logo and put support info

gpm

[maxXPsoft]

Dim obj, strA
Set obj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set strA = obj.CreateTextFile("datetime.txt", True)
strA.write(now())
strA.Close
Set obj = Nothing

Save that as Datetime.vbs and just run it. It will create the file in same Dir

You can change this to whatever you want "datetime.txt" like "C:\App\datetime.txt"

[Matri[X]]

Windows has 2 variables for this. One is %time% and other is %date%. You can try them by typing

echo %time%

or

echo %date%

into the comamnd line. I would use it as:

copy backup.rar "%date%backup.rar"

[mdes]

,Mar 27 2004, 12:06 PM]Windows has 2 variables for this. One is %time% and other is %date%. You can try them by typing

echo %time%

or

echo %date%

into the comamnd line. I would use it as:

copy backup.rar "%date%backup.rar"

There "/" and ":", this cannot work!

You should reformat it:

echo %date:/=-% %time::=_%

[gpm1968]

mdes you are the man thanks a lot - is it possible to take off the spacers

28-03-2004 21_*

GPM

[mdes]

set x=%date:/=-%.%time::=_%
set x=%x: =0%
echo %x:~0,19%

=> 29-03-2004.08_01_29

See SET/? and FOR/? to see all the possiilities, so you will be able to reverse the date to have yyyy-mm-dd.

To have YYMMDD:

set x=%date%
set yy=%x:~8,2%
set mm=%x:~3,2%
set dd=%x:~0,2%
echo %yy%%mm%%dd%

Edited April 9, 2004 by mdes