How do I get current datetime on the Windows command line, in a suitable format for using in a filename?












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Update: Now that it's 2016 I'd use PowerShell for this unless there's a really compelling backwards-compatible reason for it, particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. See @npocmaka's https://stackoverflow.com/a/19799236/8479





What's a Windows command line statement(s) I can use to get the current datetime in a format that I can put into a filename?



I want to have a .bat file that zips up a directory into an archive with the current date and time as part of the name, for example, Code_2008-10-14_2257.zip. Is there any easy way I can do this, independent of the regional settings of the machine?



I don't really mind about the date format, ideally it'd be yyyy-mm-dd, but anything simple is fine.



So far I've got this, which on my machine gives me Tue_10_14_2008_230050_91:



rem Get the datetime in a format that can go in a filename.
set _my_datetime=%date%_%time%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime: =_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime::=%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:/=_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:.=_%

rem Now use the timestamp by in a new ZIP file name.
"d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r Code_%_my_datetime%.zip Code


I can live with this, but it seems a bit clunky. Ideally it'd be briefer and have the format mentioned earlier.



I'm using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional. I don't want to install additional utilities to achieve this (although I realise there are some that will do nice date formatting).










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    Creating an automated backup for your code? Good for you! We should do this too :)
    – Andrei Rînea
    Apr 14 '10 at 16:09






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    use powershell people... [datetime]::now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd")
    – Nacht
    Oct 29 '14 at 0:03










  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
    – kolunar
    Sep 2 '15 at 13:14


















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Update: Now that it's 2016 I'd use PowerShell for this unless there's a really compelling backwards-compatible reason for it, particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. See @npocmaka's https://stackoverflow.com/a/19799236/8479





What's a Windows command line statement(s) I can use to get the current datetime in a format that I can put into a filename?



I want to have a .bat file that zips up a directory into an archive with the current date and time as part of the name, for example, Code_2008-10-14_2257.zip. Is there any easy way I can do this, independent of the regional settings of the machine?



I don't really mind about the date format, ideally it'd be yyyy-mm-dd, but anything simple is fine.



So far I've got this, which on my machine gives me Tue_10_14_2008_230050_91:



rem Get the datetime in a format that can go in a filename.
set _my_datetime=%date%_%time%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime: =_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime::=%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:/=_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:.=_%

rem Now use the timestamp by in a new ZIP file name.
"d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r Code_%_my_datetime%.zip Code


I can live with this, but it seems a bit clunky. Ideally it'd be briefer and have the format mentioned earlier.



I'm using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional. I don't want to install additional utilities to achieve this (although I realise there are some that will do nice date formatting).










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  • 4




    Creating an automated backup for your code? Good for you! We should do this too :)
    – Andrei Rînea
    Apr 14 '10 at 16:09






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    use powershell people... [datetime]::now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd")
    – Nacht
    Oct 29 '14 at 0:03










  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
    – kolunar
    Sep 2 '15 at 13:14
















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Update: Now that it's 2016 I'd use PowerShell for this unless there's a really compelling backwards-compatible reason for it, particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. See @npocmaka's https://stackoverflow.com/a/19799236/8479





What's a Windows command line statement(s) I can use to get the current datetime in a format that I can put into a filename?



I want to have a .bat file that zips up a directory into an archive with the current date and time as part of the name, for example, Code_2008-10-14_2257.zip. Is there any easy way I can do this, independent of the regional settings of the machine?



I don't really mind about the date format, ideally it'd be yyyy-mm-dd, but anything simple is fine.



So far I've got this, which on my machine gives me Tue_10_14_2008_230050_91:



rem Get the datetime in a format that can go in a filename.
set _my_datetime=%date%_%time%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime: =_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime::=%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:/=_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:.=_%

rem Now use the timestamp by in a new ZIP file name.
"d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r Code_%_my_datetime%.zip Code


I can live with this, but it seems a bit clunky. Ideally it'd be briefer and have the format mentioned earlier.



I'm using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional. I don't want to install additional utilities to achieve this (although I realise there are some that will do nice date formatting).










share|improve this question















Update: Now that it's 2016 I'd use PowerShell for this unless there's a really compelling backwards-compatible reason for it, particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. See @npocmaka's https://stackoverflow.com/a/19799236/8479





What's a Windows command line statement(s) I can use to get the current datetime in a format that I can put into a filename?



I want to have a .bat file that zips up a directory into an archive with the current date and time as part of the name, for example, Code_2008-10-14_2257.zip. Is there any easy way I can do this, independent of the regional settings of the machine?



I don't really mind about the date format, ideally it'd be yyyy-mm-dd, but anything simple is fine.



So far I've got this, which on my machine gives me Tue_10_14_2008_230050_91:



rem Get the datetime in a format that can go in a filename.
set _my_datetime=%date%_%time%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime: =_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime::=%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:/=_%
set _my_datetime=%_my_datetime:.=_%

rem Now use the timestamp by in a new ZIP file name.
"d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r Code_%_my_datetime%.zip Code


I can live with this, but it seems a bit clunky. Ideally it'd be briefer and have the format mentioned earlier.



I'm using Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional. I don't want to install additional utilities to achieve this (although I realise there are some that will do nice date formatting).







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  • 4




    Creating an automated backup for your code? Good for you! We should do this too :)
    – Andrei Rînea
    Apr 14 '10 at 16:09






  • 18




    use powershell people... [datetime]::now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd")
    – Nacht
    Oct 29 '14 at 0:03










  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
    – kolunar
    Sep 2 '15 at 13:14
















  • 4




    Creating an automated backup for your code? Good for you! We should do this too :)
    – Andrei Rînea
    Apr 14 '10 at 16:09






  • 18




    use powershell people... [datetime]::now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd")
    – Nacht
    Oct 29 '14 at 0:03










  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
    – kolunar
    Sep 2 '15 at 13:14










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Creating an automated backup for your code? Good for you! We should do this too :)
– Andrei Rînea
Apr 14 '10 at 16:09




Creating an automated backup for your code? Good for you! We should do this too :)
– Andrei Rînea
Apr 14 '10 at 16:09




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use powershell people... [datetime]::now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd")
– Nacht
Oct 29 '14 at 0:03




use powershell people... [datetime]::now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd")
– Nacht
Oct 29 '14 at 0:03












Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
– kolunar
Sep 2 '15 at 13:14






Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
– kolunar
Sep 2 '15 at 13:14














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See Windows Batch File (.bat) to get current date in MMDDYYYY format:



@echo off
For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set mytime=%%a%%b)
echo %mydate%_%mytime%


If you prefer the time in 24 hour/military format, you can replace the second FOR line with this:



For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)



C:> .date.bat

2008-10-14_0642




If you want the date independently of the region day/month order, you can use "WMIC os GET LocalDateTime" as a source, since it's in ISO order:



@echo off
for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (`wmic os get LocalDateTime /VALUE 2^>NUL`) do if '.%%i.'=='.LocalDateTime.' set ldt=%%j
set ldt=%ldt:~0,4%-%ldt:~4,2%-%ldt:~6,2% %ldt:~8,2%:%ldt:~10,2%:%ldt:~12,6%
echo Local date is [%ldt%]



C:>test.cmd

Local date is [2012-06-19 10:23:47.048]







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    This is good! On my system 'time /t' gives '11:58 PM'. I could add another line with "set mytime=%mytime: =_%", or any other tweaks you can suggest?
    – Rory
    Oct 14 '08 at 22:58






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    For UK folks you'll want For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%b-%%a) for the second line.
    – Rory
    Jan 13 '11 at 18:24








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    This solution is locale dependent, Rory gave the example for UK for other locales where the date comes as 22-02-2012 you need to replace delims=/ with delims=-
    – Nuno Furtado
    Feb 28 '12 at 21:59






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    On my system %TIME% returns values like " 0:01:15" and " 3:15:12" and the %%a%%b code in the answer gives a leading space like " 001" and " 315". To get a four digit hhmm use this: For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/: " %%a in ("%TIME%") do (if %%a LSS 10 (set mytime=0%%a%%b) else (set mytime=%%a%%b)) That returns values like "0001" and "0315" which I prefer in my filenames.
    – twamley
    May 16 '12 at 17:20






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    Nice version of the wmic command! So far I've only seen WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day,Hour,Minute,Month,Second,Year /Format:table. Likewise, to get 20120623-1619 in my local Amsterdam time zone, in one line: for /f %%a in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr ^[0-9]') do (set ts=%%a) & set datetime=%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,4%
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Regionally independent date time parsing



The output format of %DATE% and of the dir command is regionally dependent and thus neither robust nor smart. date.exe (part of UnxUtils) delivers any date and time information in any thinkable format. You may also extract the date/time information from any file with date.exe.



Examples: (in a cmd-script use %% instead of %)



date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d"

2009-12-22



date.exe +"%T"

18:55:03



date.exe +"%Y%m%d %H%M%S: Any text"

20091222 185503: Any text



date.exe +"Text: %y/%m/%d-any text-%H.%M"

Text: 09/12/22-any text-18.55



Command: date.exe +"%m-%d """%H %M %S """"

07-22 "18:55:03"`



The date/time information from a reference file:
date.exe -r c:file.txt +"The timestamp of file.txt is: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"



Using it in a CMD script to get year, month, day, time information:



for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


Using it in a CMD script to get a timestamp in any required format:



for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S"') do set timestamp=%%i


Extracting the date/time information from any reference file.



for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


Adding to a file its date/time information:



for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y-%%m-%%d.%%H%%M%%S"') do ren file.txt file.%%i.txt


date.exe is part of the free GNU tools which need no installation.



NOTE: Copying date.exe into any directory which is in the search path may cause other scripts to fail that use the Windows built-in date command.






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    Much better than the oddly more popular solution above but I had to add /t to avoid the prompt on Windows 8.1
    – rainabba
    Jan 28 '14 at 16:17






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    Built-in Windows 8.1 date.exe seems to be locale dependent. It returns the date in dd/MM/yyyy on my system, if it were locale-independent I would expect either MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd. I don't think this answer is talking about the built-in date.exe but some third-party version of it.
    – SSS
    Apr 7 '14 at 2:49






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    it is locale independant if you provide it with the desired format on the command line
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    Oct 15 '14 at 23:06






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    Please notice that date.exe (part of UnxUtils) is not the same as the build-in date command. So if you have to add /t the windows date command is executed. If something like date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d" works, you have installed the UnxUtils correctly. :-)
    – just.do.it
    Dec 16 '14 at 8:30










  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
    – kolunar
    Sep 2 '15 at 13:18



















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Two more ways that do not depend on the time settings (both taken from :How get data/time independent from localization:). And both also get the day of the week and none of them requires admin permissions!:





  1. MAKECAB - will work on EVERY Windows system (fast, but creates a small temp file) (the foxidrive script):



    @echo off
    pushd "%temp%"
    makecab /D RptFileName=~.rpt /D InfFileName=~.inf /f nul >nul
    for /f "tokens=3-7" %%a in ('find /i "makecab"^<~.rpt') do (
    set "current-date=%%e-%%b-%%c"
    set "current-time=%%d"
    set "weekday=%%a"
    )
    del ~.*
    popd
    echo %weekday% %current-date% %current-time%
    pause


    More information about get-date function.




  2. ROBOCOPY - it's not native command for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it can be downloaded from microsoft site. But is built-in in everything from Windows Vista and above:



    @echo off
    setlocal
    for /f "skip=8 tokens=2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=: " %%D in ('robocopy /l * /ns /nc /ndl /nfl /np /njh /XF * /XD *') do (
    set "dow=%%D"
    set "month=%%E"
    set "day=%%F"
    set "HH=%%G"
    set "MM=%%H"
    set "SS=%%I"
    set "year=%%J"
    )

    echo Day of the week: %dow%
    echo Day of the month : %day%
    echo Month : %month%
    echo hour : %HH%
    echo minutes : %MM%
    echo seconds : %SS%
    echo year : %year%
    endlocal


    And three more ways that uses other Windows script languages. They will give you more flexibility e.g. you can get week of the year, time in milliseconds and so on.




  3. JScript/batch hybrid (need to be saved as .bat). JScript is available on every system form NT and above, as a part of Windows Script Host (though can be disabled through the registry it's a rare case):



    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* ---Harmless hybrid line that begins a JScript comment

    @echo off
    cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0"
    exit /b 0
    *------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

    function GetCurrentDate() {
    // Today date time which will used to set as default date.
    var todayDate = new Date();
    todayDate = todayDate.getFullYear() + "-" +
    ("0" + (todayDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "-" +
    ("0" + todayDate.getDate()).slice(-2) + " " + ("0" + todayDate.getHours()).slice(-2) + ":" +
    ("0" + todayDate.getMinutes()).slice(-2);

    return todayDate;
    }

    WScript.Echo(GetCurrentDate());



  4. VSCRIPT/BATCH hybrid (Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?) same case as JScript, but hybridization is not so perfect:



    :sub echo(str) :end sub
    echo off
    '>nul 2>&1|| copy /Y %windir%System32doskey.exe %windir%System32'.exe >nul
    '& echo current date:
    '& cscript /nologo /E:vbscript "%~f0"
    '& exit /b

    '0 = vbGeneralDate - Default. Returns date: mm/dd/yy and time if specified: hh:mm:ss PM/AM.
    '1 = vbLongDate - Returns date: weekday, monthname, year
    '2 = vbShortDate - Returns date: mm/dd/yy
    '3 = vbLongTime - Returns time: hh:mm:ss PM/AM
    '4 = vbShortTime - Return time: hh:mm

    WScript.echo Replace(FormatDateTime(Date,1),", ","-")



  5. PowerShell - can be installed on every machine that has .NET - download from Microsoft (v1, v2, v3 (only for Windows 7 and above)). It is installed by default on everything from Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 and above:



    C:> powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"


    To use it from a batch file:



    for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"') do @set _date=%%#



  6. Self-compiled jscript.net/batch (never seen a Windows machine without .NET, so I think this is a pretty portable):



    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /****** silent line that start JScript comment ******

    @echo off
    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    ::: Compile the script ::::
    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    setlocal
    if exist "%~n0.exe" goto :skip_compilation

    set "frm=%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFramework"

    :: Searching the latest installed .NET framework
    for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFrameworkv*"') do (
    if exist "%%vjsc.exe" (
    rem :: the javascript.net compiler
    set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxvjsc.exe"
    goto :break_loop
    )
    )
    echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
    :break_loop


    call %jsc% /nologo /out:"%~n0.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    ::: End of compilation ::::
    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
    :skip_compilation

    "%~n0.exe"

    exit /b 0


    ****** End of JScript comment ******/
    import System;
    import System.IO;

    var dt=DateTime.Now;
    Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));



  7. Logman This cannot get the year and day of the week. It's comparatively slow and also creates a temporary file and is based on the time stamps that logman puts on its log files. It will work on everything from Windows XP and above. It probably will be never used by anybody - including me - but is one more way...



    @echo off
    setlocal
    del /q /f %temp%timestampfile_*

    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

    Logman.exe create counter ts-CPU -sc 2 -v mmddhhmm -max 250 -c "Processor(_Total)%% Processor Time" -o %temp%timestampfile_ >nul
    Logman.exe start ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
    for /f "tokens=2 delims=_." %%t in ('dir /b %temp%timestampfile_*^&del /q/f %temp%timestampfile_*') do set timestamp=%%t

    echo %timestamp%
    echo MM: %timestamp:~0,2%
    echo dd: %timestamp:~2,2%
    echo hh: %timestamp:~4,2%
    echo mm: %timestamp:~6,2%

    endlocal
    exit /b 0



  8. One more way with WMIC which also gives week of the year and the day of the week, but not the milliseconds (for milliseconds check foxidrive's answer):



    for /f %%# in ('wMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get /Format:value') do @for /f %%@ in ("%%#") do @set %%@
    echo %day%
    echo %DayOfWeek%
    echo %hour%
    echo %minute%
    echo %month%
    echo %quarter%
    echo %second%
    echo %weekinmonth%
    echo %year%



  9. Using TYPEPERF with some efforts to be fast and compatible with different language settings and as fast as possible:



    @echo off
    setlocal

    :: Check if Windows is Windows XP and use Windows XP valid counter for UDP performance
    ::if defined USERDOMAIN_roamingprofile (set "v=v4") else (set "v=")

    for /f "tokens=4 delims=. " %%# in ('ver') do if %%# GTR 5 (set "v=v4") else ("v=")
    set "mon="
    for /f "skip=2 delims=," %%# in ('typeperf "UDP%v%*" -si 0 -sc 1') do (
    if not defined mon (
    for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=.:/ " %%a in (%%#) do (
    set mon=%%a
    set date=%%b
    set year=%%c
    set hour=%%d
    set minute=%%e
    set sec=%%f
    set ms=%%g
    )
    )
    )
    echo %year%.%mon%.%date%
    echo %hour%:%minute%:%sec%.%ms%
    endlocal



  10. MSHTA allows calling JavaScript methods similar to the JScript method demonstrated in #3 above. Bear in mind that JavaScript's Date object properties involving month values are numbered from 0 to 11, not 1 to 12. So a value of 9 means October.



    <!-- : Batch portion

    @echo off
    setlocal

    for /f "delims=" %%I in ('mshta "%~f0"') do set "now.%%~I"

    rem Display all variables beginning with "now."
    set now.

    goto :EOF

    end batch / begin HTA -->

    <script>
    resizeTo(0,0)
    var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1),
    now = new Date(),
    props=['getDate','getDay','getFullYear','getHours','getMilliseconds','getMinutes',
    'getMonth','getSeconds','getTime','getTimezoneOffset','getUTCDate','getUTCDay',
    'getUTCFullYear','getUTCHours','getUTCMilliseconds','getUTCMinutes','getUTCMonth',
    'getUTCSeconds','getYear','toDateString','toGMTString','toLocaleDateString',
    'toLocaleTimeString','toString','toTimeString','toUTCString','valueOf'],
    output = ;

    for (var i in props) {output.push(props[i] + '()=' + now[props[i]]())}
    close(fso.Write(output.join('n')));
    </script>







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    for powershell C:>for /f %%i in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') do set datetime=%%i C:>echo %datetime%
    – Samuel
    May 9 '14 at 13:59








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    makecab: this works by creating a file called ~.rpt, and searching a string inside it, beginning with makecab, which is a line like MakeCAB Report: Tue Sep 02 22:15:57 2014. for me this command is not localized it's locale independent. This trick is relying on that. Let's hope it won't ever be, or else beware!
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    Sep 2 '14 at 20:19








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    I enjoy the opening text "Two more..." followed by 8 solutions.
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    Oct 20 '15 at 21:30






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    What, no mshta hybrid? :) Mind if I edit your answer and add one? This seems to be the best collection of esoteric solutions, and it seems like mshta belongs here.
    – rojo
    Oct 26 '15 at 14:19






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    The accepted solution wouldn't work for me no matter what I tried. Multiple of these solutions worked for me. (Batch and Powershell).
    – Brett Wait
    May 15 at 15:19





















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Here's a variant from alt.msdos.batch.nt that works local-independently.



Put this in a text file, e.g. getDate.cmd



-----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------
:: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
@ECHO off
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
set '%%a'=%%i
set '%%b'=%%j
set '%%c'=%%k))
if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%
ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]

:EOF
-----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------


To get the code to work sans error msg's to stderr, I had to add the single quotes arount the variable assignments for %%a, %%b and %%c. My locale (PT) was causing errors at one stage in the looping/parsing where stuff like "set =20" was getting executed. The quotes yield a token (albeit empty) for the left-hand side of the assignment statement.



The downside is the messy locale variable names: 'yy', 'mm' and 'dd'. But hey, who cares!






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    This is perfect and is the simplest and most elegant approach i've seen to date.
    – Doug
    Dec 14 '11 at 0:25






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    See also Jeroen's enhancements, needed as not all locales use the strings dd, mm and yy in the output of echo:^|date.
    – Arjan
    Jun 23 '12 at 10:01






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    This should be the accepted answer +1
    – Inder Kumar Rathore
    Mar 7 '13 at 10:53



















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I use this (again not region independent (UK))



set bklog=%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%





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  • See Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde on this little known but very efficient technique. (A pointer to a Microsoft authoritative reference would be appreciated.)
    – DavidRR
    Dec 16 '13 at 0:33










  • Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
    – DavidRR
    Dec 16 '13 at 0:51










  • This doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is something to do with regional settings? I get an output of "/15/- 1-We_1009" when running it on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
    – Joel B
    Oct 15 '14 at 16:11



















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Unfortunately this is not immune to regional settings, but it does what you want.



set hour=%time:~0,2%
if "%time:~0,1%"==" " set hour=0%time:~1,1%
set _my_datetime=%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%_%hour%%time:~3,2%


Amazing the stuff you can find on Wikipedia.






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    Mark - Found Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde which describes the variable 'slicing' technique exhibited in your answer. Not finding that info any longer in the Wikipedia article. Would like to find an authoritative reference from Microsoft.
    – DavidRR
    Dec 16 '13 at 0:41






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    Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
    – DavidRR
    Dec 16 '13 at 0:50





















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Please use the following script to get the current day in the command line:



echo %Date:~0,3%day





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    Played a bit around with this, it is the shortest I found to get Date and Time: echo %date% %time%
    – loomi
    Nov 23 '12 at 8:49








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    I got Thuday.
    – NReilingh
    Dec 5 '13 at 17:37



















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The first four lines of this code will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec variables in Windows XP Professional and higher.



@echo off
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"

set "datestamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%" & set "timestamp=%HH%%Min%%Sec%" & set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%%Min%-%Sec%"
echo datestamp: "%datestamp%"
echo timestamp: "%timestamp%"
echo fullstamp: "%fullstamp%"
pause





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    Another way (credit):



    @For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @( 
    Set Month=%%A
    Set Day=%%B
    Set Year=%%C
    )

    @echo DAY = %Day%
    @echo Month = %Month%
    @echo Year = %Year%


    Note that both my answers here are still reliant on the order of the day and month as determined by regional settings - not sure how to work around that.






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      "d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r code_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.zip





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      • great.. works as a cake..
        – Saravanan
        Aug 4 '11 at 3:44










      • http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples has some good points may be useful for some one in future.
        – Saravanan
        Aug 4 '11 at 3:47






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        -1 surely this is not independent of date format.
        – barlop
        Nov 26 '13 at 16:05



















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      This isn't really briefer but might be a more flexible way (credit):



      FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
      FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%B
      FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ eol=/" %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET dd=%%B
      FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET yyyy=%%B
      SET date=%mm%%dd%%yyyy%





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        Here's a way to get date time in a single line:



        for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %c-%a-%b %d%e


        In the US this will output "yyyy-mm-dd hhmm". Different regional settings will result in different %date% outputs, but you can modify the token order.



        If you want a different format, modify the echo statement by rearranging the tokens or using different (or no) separators.






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          Just use this line:



          PowerShell -Command "get-date"





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            Short answer :



             :: Start - Run , type:
            cmd /c "powershell get-date -format ^"{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}^"|clip"

            :: click into target media, Ctrl + V to paste the result


            Long answer



                @echo off
            :: START USAGE ==================================================================
            ::SET THE NICETIME
            :: SET NICETIME=BOO
            :: CALL GetNiceTime.cmd

            :: ECHO NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

            :: echo nice time is %NICETIME%
            :: END USAGE ==================================================================

            echo set hhmmsss
            :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
            for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:" %%a in ('echo %time%') do set hhmmsss=%%a%%b%%c
            ::DEBUG ECHO hhmmsss IS %hhmmsss%
            ::DEBUG PAUSE
            echo %yyyymmdd%
            :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
            for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=." %%D in ('echo %DATE%') do set yyyymmdd=%%F%%E%%D
            ::DEBUG ECHO yyyymmdd IS %yyyymmdd%
            ::DEBUG PAUSE


            set NICETIME=%yyyymmdd%_%hhmmsss%
            ::DEBUG echo THE NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

            ::DEBUG PAUSE





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            • :: in cmd for /f %i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%i ::in cmd script for /f %%i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%%i
              – Yordan Georgiev
              Dec 19 '16 at 14:09



















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            And here is a similar batch-file for the time portion.



            :: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
            :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional time settings
            ::
            :: Gets the time in ISO 8601 24-hour format
            ::
            :: Note that %time% gets you fractions of seconds, and time /t doesn't, but gets you AM/PM if your locale supports that.
            :: Since ISO 8601 does not care about AM/PM, we use %time%
            ::
            @ECHO off
            SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
            for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,.-/ " %%i in ('echo %time%') do (
            set 'hh'=%%i
            set 'mm'=%%j
            set 'ss'=%%k
            set 'ff'=%%l)
            ENDLOCAL & SET v_Hour=%'hh'%& SET v_Minute=%'mm'%& SET v_Second=%'ss'%& SET v_Fraction=%'ff'%

            ECHO Now is Hour: [%V_Hour%] Minute: [%V_Minute%] Second: [%v_Second%] Fraction: [%v_Fraction%]
            set timestring=%V_Hour%%V_Minute%%v_Second%.%v_Fraction%
            echo %timestring%

            :EOF


            --jeroen






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            • Hi, I was able to load files according to Modified date using a command below, z: & forfiles /m *.jpg /s /d 07/16/2015 /c “cmd /c echo @fdate @ftime @path” But I wanna know how to load files according to Created date. Any help would be very appreciated. A question’s been asked on stackoverflow but no answer yet. Please take a look at the link for the details stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
              – kolunar
              Sep 2 '15 at 13:35






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              Ask a new question about that. I've never used forfiles.
              – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
              Sep 4 '15 at 11:09



















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            I changed the answer with the batch file from vMax so it works with the Dutch language too.

            The Dutch - persistent as we are - have a few changes in the %date%, date/t, and date that break the original batch-file.



            It would be nice if some people can check this against other Windows locales as well, and report back the results.

            If the batch-file fails at your location, then please include the output of these two statements on the command prompt:
            echo:^|date
            date/t



            This is a sample of the output you should get from the batch-file:



            C:temp>set-date-cmd.bat
            Today is Year: [2011] Month: [01] Day: [03]
            20110103


            Here is the revised code with comments on why:



            :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
            :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
            ::
            :: 20110103 - adapted by jeroen@pluimers.com for Dutch locale
            :: Dutch will get jj as year from echo:^|date, so the '%%c' trick does not work as it will fill 'jj', but we want 'yy'
            :: luckily, all countries seem to have year at the end: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date
            :: set '%%c'=%%k
            :: set 'yy'=%%k
            ::
            :: In addition, date will display the current date before the input prompt using dashes
            :: in Dutch, but using slashes in English, so there will be two occurances of the outer loop in Dutch
            :: and one occurence in English.
            :: This skips the first iteration:
            :: if "%%a" GEQ "A"
            ::
            :: echo:^|date
            :: Huidige datum: ma 03-01-2011
            :: Voer de nieuwe datum in: (dd-mm-jj)
            :: The current date is: Mon 01/03/2011
            :: Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy)
            ::
            :: date/t
            :: ma 03-01-2011
            :: Mon 01/03/2011
            ::
            :: The assumption in this batch-file is that echo:^|date will return the date format
            :: using either mm and dd or dd and mm in the first two valid tokens on the second line, and the year as the last token.
            ::
            :: The outer loop will get the right tokens, the inner loop assigns the variables depending on the tokens.
            :: That will resolve the order of the tokens.
            ::
            @ECHO off
            set v_day=
            set v_month=
            set v_year=

            SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
            if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
            ::DEBUG echo toks=%toks%
            for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
            ::DEBUG echo first token=%%a
            if "%%a" GEQ "A" (
            for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
            set '%%a'=%%i
            set '%%b'=%%j
            set 'yy'=%%k
            )
            )
            )
            if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
            set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%

            ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

            ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]
            set datestring=%V_Year%%V_Month%%V_Day%
            echo %datestring%

            :EOF


            --jeroen






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              Some do use years first, or lack leading zeroes; see Wikipedia's Date format by country. The French might use jj-mm-aaaa for jour, mois, annee? Italians maybe gg/mm/aaaa for giorno, mese, anno? Germans tt.mm.jjjj for Tag, Monat, Jahr? But then: I guess in most countries only a few languages are used. Like in The Netherlands indeed Windows will often be English or Dutch, not much else. Good enough for me.
              – Arjan
              Jun 23 '12 at 9:49






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              As an aside: another version in Hidden features of Windows batch files is less perfect (needs the fix for the Dutch jj, and does not enforce a 4 digit year), but uses shift to discard the day like Mon or ma. Just different.
              – Arjan
              Jun 23 '12 at 9:50






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              It breaks on a German system. Year and month work, but day fails because "day" starts with a "T" in German ("Tag"), not a "d". The format string in the prompt is (TT-MM-JJ), the date/t output is 23.06.2012. /cc @Arjan
              – balpha
              Jun 23 '12 at 10:18






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              Another aside: one could also get the order from the registry, using reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /vShortDate. Beware while testing: for an open command prompt, changing that Control Panel setting also changes the format used to display the date (for both date and date /t and echo %date%), but on Windows 7 does NOT change the format for the new date! Like changing my short date format into YY/MM/dd, gets me: The current date is: 12/06/23 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy). Opening a new command prompt fixes that.
              – Arjan
              Jun 23 '12 at 10:38






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              @Arjan this should be reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate.
              – tricasse
              Nov 19 '15 at 13:31



















            7














            Matthew Johnson's one-liner solution to get the one-liner date and time is eloquent and useful.



            It does however need a simple modification to work from within a batch file:



            for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %%a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %%c-%%a-%%b %%d%%e





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            • Does not work in CMD (%%a was unexpected at this time) or in PowerShell (Missing opening '(' after keyword for) on Windows 8.1
              – rainabba
              Jan 28 '14 at 16:28






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              Rainabba, that is exactly the error you get when that command is issued from the CMD line. However, "from within a batch file", the command returns "2014-01-30 1324".
              – John Langstaff
              Jan 30 '14 at 18:30



















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            A function that is based on wmic:



            :Now  -- Gets the current date and time into separate variables
            :: %~1: [out] Year
            :: %~2: [out] Month
            :: %~3: [out] Day
            :: %~4: [out] Hour
            :: %~5: [out] Minute
            :: %~6: [out] Second
            setlocal
            for /f %%t in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr /b [0-9]') do set T=%%t
            endlocal & (
            if "%~1" neq "" set %~1=%T:~0,4%
            if "%~2" neq "" set %~2=%T:~4,2%
            if "%~3" neq "" set %~3=%T:~6,2%
            if "%~4" neq "" set %~4=%T:~8,2%
            if "%~5" neq "" set %~5=%T:~10,2%
            if "%~6" neq "" set %~6=%T:~12,2%
            )
            goto:eof


            Upside: Region independent. Downside: Only system administrators can run wmic.exe.



            Usage:



            call:Now Y M D H N S
            echo %Y%-%M%-%D% %H%:%N%:%S%


            This echos a string like this:



            2014-01-22 12:51:53


            Note that function parameters are out-Parameters - that is, you must supply variable names instead of values.



            All parameters are optional, so call:Now Y M is a valid call if you only want to get year and month.






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              This is what I've used:



              ::Date Variables - replace characters that are not legal as part of filesystem file names (to produce name like "backup_04.15.08.7z")
              SET DT=%date%
              SET DT=%DT:/=.%
              SET DT=%DT:-=.%




              If you want further ideas for automating backups to 7-Zip archives, I have a free/open project you can use or review for ideas: http://wittman.org/ziparcy/






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              • On my system %date% contains "Tue 10/14/2008". So, you'll still need to cut off (or otherwise deal with) the "Tue" and the space character.
                – BoltBait
                Oct 14 '08 at 22:34










              • Hi @micahwittman. Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                – kolunar
                Sep 2 '15 at 13:17



















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              I had a similar problem. I have an automatic daily download from an FTP server of an encrypted file. I wanted to decrypt the file using gpg, rename the file to the current date (YYYYMMDD format) and drop the decrypted file into a folder for the correct department.



              I went through several suggestions for renaming the file according to date and was having no luck until I stumbled upon this simple solution.



              for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "decrypted.txt" %%g-%%e-%%f.txt


              It worked perfectly (i.e., the filename comes out as "2011-06-14.txt").



              (Source)






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                http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/



                Look inside the ZIP file for something called "Date.exe" and rename it "DateFormat.exe" (to avoid conflicts).



                Put it in your Windows system32 folder.



                It has a lot of "date output" options.



                For help, use DateFormat.exe --h



                I'm not sure how you would put its output into an environment variable... using SET.






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                  Thanks, although this question is specifically for doing it without downloading additional tools.
                  – Rory
                  Oct 31 '10 at 12:22



















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                Regional independent solution generating the ISO date format:



                rem save the existing format definition
                for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %%a in ('reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate') do set FORMAT=%%a
                rem set ISO specific format definition
                reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d yyyy-MM-dd 1>nul:
                rem query the date in the ISO specific format
                set ISODATE=%DATE%
                rem restore previous format definition
                reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d %FORMAT% 1>nul:


                What could still be optimized:
                Other processes might get confused if using the date format in the short period while it is modified. So parsing the output according to the existing format string could be 'safer' - but will be more complicated






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                • you could reg query iDate (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978637.aspx) and conditionally proceed (3 possible values according to technet) - although I have not tried this yet.
                  – Vincent De Smet
                  May 5 '12 at 19:08





















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                :: GetDate.cmd -> Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                :: - Sets environment variables %_isotime% and %_now% to current time
                :: - On failure, clears these environment variables
                :: Inspired on -> https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-getdate.html
                :: - (cX) 2017 adolfo.dimare@gmail.com
                :: - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090
                @echo off

                set _isotime=
                set _now=

                :: Check that WMIC.exe is available
                WMIC.exe Alias /? >NUL 2>&1 || goto _WMIC_MISSING_

                if not (%1)==() goto _help
                SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

                :: Use WMIC.exe to retrieve date and time
                FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%G IN ('WMIC.exe Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') DO (
                IF "%%~L"=="" goto _WMIC_done_
                set _yyyy=%%L
                set _mm=00%%J
                set _dd=00%%G
                set _hour=00%%H
                set _minute=00%%I
                set _second=00%%K
                )
                :_WMIC_done_

                :: 1 2 3 4 5 6
                :: %%G %%H %%I %%J %%K %%L
                :: Day Hour Minute Month Second Year
                :: 27 9 35 4 38 2017

                :: Remove excess leading zeroes
                set _mm=%_mm:~-2%
                set _dd=%_dd:~-2%
                set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                set _minute=%_minute:~-2%
                set _second=%_second:~-2%
                :: Syntax -> %variable:~num_chars_to_skip,num_chars_to_keep%

                :: Set date/time in ISO 8601 format:
                Set _isotime=%_yyyy%-%_mm%-%_dd%T%_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%
                :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=ISO+8601+format

                if 1%_hour% LSS 112 set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%am
                if 1%_hour% LSS 112 goto _skip_12_
                set /a _hour=1%_hour%-12
                set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%pm
                :: -> https://ss64.com/nt/if.html
                :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=SetLocal+EndLocal+Windows
                :: 'if () else ()' will NOT set %_now% correctly !?
                :_skip_12_

                EndLocal & set _isotime=%_isotime% & set _now=%_now%
                goto _out

                :_WMIC_MISSING_
                echo.
                echo WMIC.exe command not available
                echo - WMIC.exe needs Administrator privileges to run in Windows
                echo - Usually the path to WMIC.exe is "%windir%System32wbemWMIC.exe"

                :_help
                echo.
                echo GetDate.cmd: Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                echo.
                echo %%_now%% environment variable set to current date and time
                echo %%_isotime%% environment variable to current time in ISO format
                echo set _today=%%_isotime:~0,10%%
                echo.

                :_out
                :: EOF: GetDate.cmd





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                  Given a known locality, for reference in functional form. The ECHOTIMESTAMP call shows how to get the timestamp into a variable (DTS in this example.)



                  @ECHO off

                  CALL :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                  GOTO END

                  :TIMESTAMP
                  SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
                  SET DATESTAMP=!DATE:~10,4!-!DATE:~4,2!-!DATE:~7,2!
                  SET TIMESTAMP=!TIME:~0,2!-!TIME:~3,2!-!TIME:~6,2!
                  SET DTS=!DATESTAMP: =0!-!TIMESTAMP: =0!
                  ENDLOCAL & SET "%~1=%DTS%"
                  GOTO :EOF

                  :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                  SETLOCAL
                  CALL :TIMESTAMP DTS
                  ECHO %DTS%
                  ENDLOCAL
                  GOTO :EOF

                  :END

                  EXIT /b 0


                  And saved to file, timestamp.bat, here's the output:



                  enter image description here






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                  • It seems that this comes with the regional issue - this doesn't work in all English machines.
                    – SteveFest
                    Jul 21 '17 at 1:11










                  • Not surprised, @SteveFest . If it were possible to temporarily set the locale, that might help to provide a global solution, but it seems it's necessary to the know the region in advance. Is your locale en-US or en-SomewhereElse?
                    – bvj
                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:01












                  • Mine is zh-HK, with edited date time format
                    – SteveFest
                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:02












                  • @SteveFest I suppose it would be possible to build up a list of locales where each includes date/time expressions with a sample to validate. I'm super busy, but I'll try to update my answer to illustrate. Could you show me samples of the HK time/date outputs? I may be foolishly assuming zh-HK prints digits at fixed offsets.
                    – bvj
                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:10










                  • zh-HK: (yy)yy年m月d日 hh:mm - no leading zeros. (yy) could be ignore as we have 2 digit year, or 4 digit year. But please note one thing: the date time format can be changed per machine.
                    – SteveFest
                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:42



















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                  With Windows 7, this code works for me:



                  SET DATE=%date%
                  SET YEAR=%DATE:~0,4%
                  SET MONTH=%DATE:~5,2%
                  SET DAY=%DATE:~8,2%
                  ECHO %YEAR%
                  ECHO %MONTH%
                  ECHO %DAY%

                  SET DATE_FRM=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%
                  ECHO %DATE_FRM%





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                  • And again. It's nice that it works on your machine, but you missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                    – jeb
                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:06










                  • Ok, but others example don't work at all for me
                    – Frizz1977
                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:30



















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                  I know that there are numerous ways mentioned already. But here is my way to break it down to understand how it is done. Hopefully, it is helpful for someone who like step by step method.



                  :: Check your local date format
                  echo %date%

                  :: Output is Mon 08/15/2016

                  :: get day (start index, number of characters)
                  :: (index starts with zero)
                  set myday=%DATE:~0,4%
                  echo %myday%
                  :: output is Mon

                  :: get month
                  set mymonth=%DATE:~4,2%
                  echo %mymonth%
                  :: output is 08

                  :: get date
                  set mydate=%DATE:~7,2%
                  echo %mydate%
                  :: output is 15

                  :: get year
                  set myyear=%DATE:~10,4%
                  echo %myyear%
                  :: output is 2016





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                    You missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                    – jeb
                    Aug 15 '16 at 16:13



















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                  I note that the o/p did not ask for a region-independent solution. My solution is for the UK though.



                  This is the simplest possible solution, a 1-line solution, for use in a Batch file:



                  FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%A IN ("%date%") DO (SET today=%%C-%%B-%%A)
                  echo %today%





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                    He mentioned a region independent solution ...particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. Btw. Your solution is the same as the twenty other answers.
                    – jeb
                    Dec 6 at 10:57










                  • Yeah, but mine actually could (optionally) be used on the command line. What is the merit in posting 35 lines of code, if one line of code will provide the same solution?
                    – Ed999
                    Dec 6 at 18:37










                  • I can't see any relevant difference to the old answers of @Matthew Johnson, 2010 or @KChiki, 2011
                    – jeb
                    Dec 7 at 7:27












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                  See Windows Batch File (.bat) to get current date in MMDDYYYY format:



                  @echo off
                  For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set mytime=%%a%%b)
                  echo %mydate%_%mytime%


                  If you prefer the time in 24 hour/military format, you can replace the second FOR line with this:



                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)



                  C:> .date.bat

                  2008-10-14_0642




                  If you want the date independently of the region day/month order, you can use "WMIC os GET LocalDateTime" as a source, since it's in ISO order:



                  @echo off
                  for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (`wmic os get LocalDateTime /VALUE 2^>NUL`) do if '.%%i.'=='.LocalDateTime.' set ldt=%%j
                  set ldt=%ldt:~0,4%-%ldt:~4,2%-%ldt:~6,2% %ldt:~8,2%:%ldt:~10,2%:%ldt:~12,6%
                  echo Local date is [%ldt%]



                  C:>test.cmd

                  Local date is [2012-06-19 10:23:47.048]







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                    This is good! On my system 'time /t' gives '11:58 PM'. I could add another line with "set mytime=%mytime: =_%", or any other tweaks you can suggest?
                    – Rory
                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:58






                  • 40




                    For UK folks you'll want For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%b-%%a) for the second line.
                    – Rory
                    Jan 13 '11 at 18:24








                  • 15




                    This solution is locale dependent, Rory gave the example for UK for other locales where the date comes as 22-02-2012 you need to replace delims=/ with delims=-
                    – Nuno Furtado
                    Feb 28 '12 at 21:59






                  • 19




                    On my system %TIME% returns values like " 0:01:15" and " 3:15:12" and the %%a%%b code in the answer gives a leading space like " 001" and " 315". To get a four digit hhmm use this: For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/: " %%a in ("%TIME%") do (if %%a LSS 10 (set mytime=0%%a%%b) else (set mytime=%%a%%b)) That returns values like "0001" and "0315" which I prefer in my filenames.
                    – twamley
                    May 16 '12 at 17:20






                  • 9




                    Nice version of the wmic command! So far I've only seen WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day,Hour,Minute,Month,Second,Year /Format:table. Likewise, to get 20120623-1619 in my local Amsterdam time zone, in one line: for /f %%a in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr ^[0-9]') do (set ts=%%a) & set datetime=%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,4%
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 14:20
















                  611














                  See Windows Batch File (.bat) to get current date in MMDDYYYY format:



                  @echo off
                  For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set mytime=%%a%%b)
                  echo %mydate%_%mytime%


                  If you prefer the time in 24 hour/military format, you can replace the second FOR line with this:



                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)



                  C:> .date.bat

                  2008-10-14_0642




                  If you want the date independently of the region day/month order, you can use "WMIC os GET LocalDateTime" as a source, since it's in ISO order:



                  @echo off
                  for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (`wmic os get LocalDateTime /VALUE 2^>NUL`) do if '.%%i.'=='.LocalDateTime.' set ldt=%%j
                  set ldt=%ldt:~0,4%-%ldt:~4,2%-%ldt:~6,2% %ldt:~8,2%:%ldt:~10,2%:%ldt:~12,6%
                  echo Local date is [%ldt%]



                  C:>test.cmd

                  Local date is [2012-06-19 10:23:47.048]







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                  • 4




                    This is good! On my system 'time /t' gives '11:58 PM'. I could add another line with "set mytime=%mytime: =_%", or any other tweaks you can suggest?
                    – Rory
                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:58






                  • 40




                    For UK folks you'll want For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%b-%%a) for the second line.
                    – Rory
                    Jan 13 '11 at 18:24








                  • 15




                    This solution is locale dependent, Rory gave the example for UK for other locales where the date comes as 22-02-2012 you need to replace delims=/ with delims=-
                    – Nuno Furtado
                    Feb 28 '12 at 21:59






                  • 19




                    On my system %TIME% returns values like " 0:01:15" and " 3:15:12" and the %%a%%b code in the answer gives a leading space like " 001" and " 315". To get a four digit hhmm use this: For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/: " %%a in ("%TIME%") do (if %%a LSS 10 (set mytime=0%%a%%b) else (set mytime=%%a%%b)) That returns values like "0001" and "0315" which I prefer in my filenames.
                    – twamley
                    May 16 '12 at 17:20






                  • 9




                    Nice version of the wmic command! So far I've only seen WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day,Hour,Minute,Month,Second,Year /Format:table. Likewise, to get 20120623-1619 in my local Amsterdam time zone, in one line: for /f %%a in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr ^[0-9]') do (set ts=%%a) & set datetime=%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,4%
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 14:20














                  611












                  611








                  611






                  See Windows Batch File (.bat) to get current date in MMDDYYYY format:



                  @echo off
                  For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set mytime=%%a%%b)
                  echo %mydate%_%mytime%


                  If you prefer the time in 24 hour/military format, you can replace the second FOR line with this:



                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)



                  C:> .date.bat

                  2008-10-14_0642




                  If you want the date independently of the region day/month order, you can use "WMIC os GET LocalDateTime" as a source, since it's in ISO order:



                  @echo off
                  for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (`wmic os get LocalDateTime /VALUE 2^>NUL`) do if '.%%i.'=='.LocalDateTime.' set ldt=%%j
                  set ldt=%ldt:~0,4%-%ldt:~4,2%-%ldt:~6,2% %ldt:~8,2%:%ldt:~10,2%:%ldt:~12,6%
                  echo Local date is [%ldt%]



                  C:>test.cmd

                  Local date is [2012-06-19 10:23:47.048]







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                  See Windows Batch File (.bat) to get current date in MMDDYYYY format:



                  @echo off
                  For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ('time /t') do (set mytime=%%a%%b)
                  echo %mydate%_%mytime%


                  If you prefer the time in 24 hour/military format, you can replace the second FOR line with this:



                  For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)



                  C:> .date.bat

                  2008-10-14_0642




                  If you want the date independently of the region day/month order, you can use "WMIC os GET LocalDateTime" as a source, since it's in ISO order:



                  @echo off
                  for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (`wmic os get LocalDateTime /VALUE 2^>NUL`) do if '.%%i.'=='.LocalDateTime.' set ldt=%%j
                  set ldt=%ldt:~0,4%-%ldt:~4,2%-%ldt:~6,2% %ldt:~8,2%:%ldt:~10,2%:%ldt:~12,6%
                  echo Local date is [%ldt%]



                  C:>test.cmd

                  Local date is [2012-06-19 10:23:47.048]








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                  answered Oct 14 '08 at 22:36









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                  • 4




                    This is good! On my system 'time /t' gives '11:58 PM'. I could add another line with "set mytime=%mytime: =_%", or any other tweaks you can suggest?
                    – Rory
                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:58






                  • 40




                    For UK folks you'll want For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%b-%%a) for the second line.
                    – Rory
                    Jan 13 '11 at 18:24








                  • 15




                    This solution is locale dependent, Rory gave the example for UK for other locales where the date comes as 22-02-2012 you need to replace delims=/ with delims=-
                    – Nuno Furtado
                    Feb 28 '12 at 21:59






                  • 19




                    On my system %TIME% returns values like " 0:01:15" and " 3:15:12" and the %%a%%b code in the answer gives a leading space like " 001" and " 315". To get a four digit hhmm use this: For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/: " %%a in ("%TIME%") do (if %%a LSS 10 (set mytime=0%%a%%b) else (set mytime=%%a%%b)) That returns values like "0001" and "0315" which I prefer in my filenames.
                    – twamley
                    May 16 '12 at 17:20






                  • 9




                    Nice version of the wmic command! So far I've only seen WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day,Hour,Minute,Month,Second,Year /Format:table. Likewise, to get 20120623-1619 in my local Amsterdam time zone, in one line: for /f %%a in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr ^[0-9]') do (set ts=%%a) & set datetime=%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,4%
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 14:20














                  • 4




                    This is good! On my system 'time /t' gives '11:58 PM'. I could add another line with "set mytime=%mytime: =_%", or any other tweaks you can suggest?
                    – Rory
                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:58






                  • 40




                    For UK folks you'll want For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%b-%%a) for the second line.
                    – Rory
                    Jan 13 '11 at 18:24








                  • 15




                    This solution is locale dependent, Rory gave the example for UK for other locales where the date comes as 22-02-2012 you need to replace delims=/ with delims=-
                    – Nuno Furtado
                    Feb 28 '12 at 21:59






                  • 19




                    On my system %TIME% returns values like " 0:01:15" and " 3:15:12" and the %%a%%b code in the answer gives a leading space like " 001" and " 315". To get a four digit hhmm use this: For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/: " %%a in ("%TIME%") do (if %%a LSS 10 (set mytime=0%%a%%b) else (set mytime=%%a%%b)) That returns values like "0001" and "0315" which I prefer in my filenames.
                    – twamley
                    May 16 '12 at 17:20






                  • 9




                    Nice version of the wmic command! So far I've only seen WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day,Hour,Minute,Month,Second,Year /Format:table. Likewise, to get 20120623-1619 in my local Amsterdam time zone, in one line: for /f %%a in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr ^[0-9]') do (set ts=%%a) & set datetime=%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,4%
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 14:20








                  4




                  4




                  This is good! On my system 'time /t' gives '11:58 PM'. I could add another line with "set mytime=%mytime: =_%", or any other tweaks you can suggest?
                  – Rory
                  Oct 14 '08 at 22:58




                  This is good! On my system 'time /t' gives '11:58 PM'. I could add another line with "set mytime=%mytime: =_%", or any other tweaks you can suggest?
                  – Rory
                  Oct 14 '08 at 22:58




                  40




                  40




                  For UK folks you'll want For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%b-%%a) for the second line.
                  – Rory
                  Jan 13 '11 at 18:24






                  For UK folks you'll want For /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%b-%%a) for the second line.
                  – Rory
                  Jan 13 '11 at 18:24






                  15




                  15




                  This solution is locale dependent, Rory gave the example for UK for other locales where the date comes as 22-02-2012 you need to replace delims=/ with delims=-
                  – Nuno Furtado
                  Feb 28 '12 at 21:59




                  This solution is locale dependent, Rory gave the example for UK for other locales where the date comes as 22-02-2012 you need to replace delims=/ with delims=-
                  – Nuno Furtado
                  Feb 28 '12 at 21:59




                  19




                  19




                  On my system %TIME% returns values like " 0:01:15" and " 3:15:12" and the %%a%%b code in the answer gives a leading space like " 001" and " 315". To get a four digit hhmm use this: For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/: " %%a in ("%TIME%") do (if %%a LSS 10 (set mytime=0%%a%%b) else (set mytime=%%a%%b)) That returns values like "0001" and "0315" which I prefer in my filenames.
                  – twamley
                  May 16 '12 at 17:20




                  On my system %TIME% returns values like " 0:01:15" and " 3:15:12" and the %%a%%b code in the answer gives a leading space like " 001" and " 315". To get a four digit hhmm use this: For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/: " %%a in ("%TIME%") do (if %%a LSS 10 (set mytime=0%%a%%b) else (set mytime=%%a%%b)) That returns values like "0001" and "0315" which I prefer in my filenames.
                  – twamley
                  May 16 '12 at 17:20




                  9




                  9




                  Nice version of the wmic command! So far I've only seen WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day,Hour,Minute,Month,Second,Year /Format:table. Likewise, to get 20120623-1619 in my local Amsterdam time zone, in one line: for /f %%a in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr ^[0-9]') do (set ts=%%a) & set datetime=%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,4%
                  – Arjan
                  Jun 23 '12 at 14:20




                  Nice version of the wmic command! So far I've only seen WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day,Hour,Minute,Month,Second,Year /Format:table. Likewise, to get 20120623-1619 in my local Amsterdam time zone, in one line: for /f %%a in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr ^[0-9]') do (set ts=%%a) & set datetime=%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,4%
                  – Arjan
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                  Regionally independent date time parsing



                  The output format of %DATE% and of the dir command is regionally dependent and thus neither robust nor smart. date.exe (part of UnxUtils) delivers any date and time information in any thinkable format. You may also extract the date/time information from any file with date.exe.



                  Examples: (in a cmd-script use %% instead of %)



                  date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d"

                  2009-12-22



                  date.exe +"%T"

                  18:55:03



                  date.exe +"%Y%m%d %H%M%S: Any text"

                  20091222 185503: Any text



                  date.exe +"Text: %y/%m/%d-any text-%H.%M"

                  Text: 09/12/22-any text-18.55



                  Command: date.exe +"%m-%d """%H %M %S """"

                  07-22 "18:55:03"`



                  The date/time information from a reference file:
                  date.exe -r c:file.txt +"The timestamp of file.txt is: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"



                  Using it in a CMD script to get year, month, day, time information:



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Using it in a CMD script to get a timestamp in any required format:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S"') do set timestamp=%%i


                  Extracting the date/time information from any reference file.



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Adding to a file its date/time information:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y-%%m-%%d.%%H%%M%%S"') do ren file.txt file.%%i.txt


                  date.exe is part of the free GNU tools which need no installation.



                  NOTE: Copying date.exe into any directory which is in the search path may cause other scripts to fail that use the Windows built-in date command.






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                  • 4




                    Much better than the oddly more popular solution above but I had to add /t to avoid the prompt on Windows 8.1
                    – rainabba
                    Jan 28 '14 at 16:17






                  • 6




                    Built-in Windows 8.1 date.exe seems to be locale dependent. It returns the date in dd/MM/yyyy on my system, if it were locale-independent I would expect either MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd. I don't think this answer is talking about the built-in date.exe but some third-party version of it.
                    – SSS
                    Apr 7 '14 at 2:49






                  • 1




                    it is locale independant if you provide it with the desired format on the command line
                    – terrinecold
                    Oct 15 '14 at 23:06






                  • 3




                    Please notice that date.exe (part of UnxUtils) is not the same as the build-in date command. So if you have to add /t the windows date command is executed. If something like date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d" works, you have installed the UnxUtils correctly. :-)
                    – just.do.it
                    Dec 16 '14 at 8:30










                  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                    – kolunar
                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:18
















                  95














                  Regionally independent date time parsing



                  The output format of %DATE% and of the dir command is regionally dependent and thus neither robust nor smart. date.exe (part of UnxUtils) delivers any date and time information in any thinkable format. You may also extract the date/time information from any file with date.exe.



                  Examples: (in a cmd-script use %% instead of %)



                  date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d"

                  2009-12-22



                  date.exe +"%T"

                  18:55:03



                  date.exe +"%Y%m%d %H%M%S: Any text"

                  20091222 185503: Any text



                  date.exe +"Text: %y/%m/%d-any text-%H.%M"

                  Text: 09/12/22-any text-18.55



                  Command: date.exe +"%m-%d """%H %M %S """"

                  07-22 "18:55:03"`



                  The date/time information from a reference file:
                  date.exe -r c:file.txt +"The timestamp of file.txt is: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"



                  Using it in a CMD script to get year, month, day, time information:



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Using it in a CMD script to get a timestamp in any required format:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S"') do set timestamp=%%i


                  Extracting the date/time information from any reference file.



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Adding to a file its date/time information:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y-%%m-%%d.%%H%%M%%S"') do ren file.txt file.%%i.txt


                  date.exe is part of the free GNU tools which need no installation.



                  NOTE: Copying date.exe into any directory which is in the search path may cause other scripts to fail that use the Windows built-in date command.






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                  • 4




                    Much better than the oddly more popular solution above but I had to add /t to avoid the prompt on Windows 8.1
                    – rainabba
                    Jan 28 '14 at 16:17






                  • 6




                    Built-in Windows 8.1 date.exe seems to be locale dependent. It returns the date in dd/MM/yyyy on my system, if it were locale-independent I would expect either MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd. I don't think this answer is talking about the built-in date.exe but some third-party version of it.
                    – SSS
                    Apr 7 '14 at 2:49






                  • 1




                    it is locale independant if you provide it with the desired format on the command line
                    – terrinecold
                    Oct 15 '14 at 23:06






                  • 3




                    Please notice that date.exe (part of UnxUtils) is not the same as the build-in date command. So if you have to add /t the windows date command is executed. If something like date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d" works, you have installed the UnxUtils correctly. :-)
                    – just.do.it
                    Dec 16 '14 at 8:30










                  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                    – kolunar
                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:18














                  95












                  95








                  95






                  Regionally independent date time parsing



                  The output format of %DATE% and of the dir command is regionally dependent and thus neither robust nor smart. date.exe (part of UnxUtils) delivers any date and time information in any thinkable format. You may also extract the date/time information from any file with date.exe.



                  Examples: (in a cmd-script use %% instead of %)



                  date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d"

                  2009-12-22



                  date.exe +"%T"

                  18:55:03



                  date.exe +"%Y%m%d %H%M%S: Any text"

                  20091222 185503: Any text



                  date.exe +"Text: %y/%m/%d-any text-%H.%M"

                  Text: 09/12/22-any text-18.55



                  Command: date.exe +"%m-%d """%H %M %S """"

                  07-22 "18:55:03"`



                  The date/time information from a reference file:
                  date.exe -r c:file.txt +"The timestamp of file.txt is: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"



                  Using it in a CMD script to get year, month, day, time information:



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Using it in a CMD script to get a timestamp in any required format:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S"') do set timestamp=%%i


                  Extracting the date/time information from any reference file.



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Adding to a file its date/time information:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y-%%m-%%d.%%H%%M%%S"') do ren file.txt file.%%i.txt


                  date.exe is part of the free GNU tools which need no installation.



                  NOTE: Copying date.exe into any directory which is in the search path may cause other scripts to fail that use the Windows built-in date command.






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                  Regionally independent date time parsing



                  The output format of %DATE% and of the dir command is regionally dependent and thus neither robust nor smart. date.exe (part of UnxUtils) delivers any date and time information in any thinkable format. You may also extract the date/time information from any file with date.exe.



                  Examples: (in a cmd-script use %% instead of %)



                  date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d"

                  2009-12-22



                  date.exe +"%T"

                  18:55:03



                  date.exe +"%Y%m%d %H%M%S: Any text"

                  20091222 185503: Any text



                  date.exe +"Text: %y/%m/%d-any text-%H.%M"

                  Text: 09/12/22-any text-18.55



                  Command: date.exe +"%m-%d """%H %M %S """"

                  07-22 "18:55:03"`



                  The date/time information from a reference file:
                  date.exe -r c:file.txt +"The timestamp of file.txt is: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"



                  Using it in a CMD script to get year, month, day, time information:



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Using it in a CMD script to get a timestamp in any required format:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe +"%%y-%%m-%%d %%H:%%M:%%S"') do set timestamp=%%i


                  Extracting the date/time information from any reference file.



                  for /f "tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6* delims=," %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y,%%m,%%d,%%H,%%M,%%S"') do set yy=%%i& set mo=%%j& set dd=%%k& set hh=%%l& set mm=%%m& set ss=%%n


                  Adding to a file its date/time information:



                  for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('C:Toolsetcdate.exe -r file.txt +"%%y-%%m-%%d.%%H%%M%%S"') do ren file.txt file.%%i.txt


                  date.exe is part of the free GNU tools which need no installation.



                  NOTE: Copying date.exe into any directory which is in the search path may cause other scripts to fail that use the Windows built-in date command.







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                  edited Dec 1 '12 at 16:05









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                  answered Dec 23 '09 at 9:40









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                  • 4




                    Much better than the oddly more popular solution above but I had to add /t to avoid the prompt on Windows 8.1
                    – rainabba
                    Jan 28 '14 at 16:17






                  • 6




                    Built-in Windows 8.1 date.exe seems to be locale dependent. It returns the date in dd/MM/yyyy on my system, if it were locale-independent I would expect either MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd. I don't think this answer is talking about the built-in date.exe but some third-party version of it.
                    – SSS
                    Apr 7 '14 at 2:49






                  • 1




                    it is locale independant if you provide it with the desired format on the command line
                    – terrinecold
                    Oct 15 '14 at 23:06






                  • 3




                    Please notice that date.exe (part of UnxUtils) is not the same as the build-in date command. So if you have to add /t the windows date command is executed. If something like date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d" works, you have installed the UnxUtils correctly. :-)
                    – just.do.it
                    Dec 16 '14 at 8:30










                  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                    – kolunar
                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:18














                  • 4




                    Much better than the oddly more popular solution above but I had to add /t to avoid the prompt on Windows 8.1
                    – rainabba
                    Jan 28 '14 at 16:17






                  • 6




                    Built-in Windows 8.1 date.exe seems to be locale dependent. It returns the date in dd/MM/yyyy on my system, if it were locale-independent I would expect either MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd. I don't think this answer is talking about the built-in date.exe but some third-party version of it.
                    – SSS
                    Apr 7 '14 at 2:49






                  • 1




                    it is locale independant if you provide it with the desired format on the command line
                    – terrinecold
                    Oct 15 '14 at 23:06






                  • 3




                    Please notice that date.exe (part of UnxUtils) is not the same as the build-in date command. So if you have to add /t the windows date command is executed. If something like date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d" works, you have installed the UnxUtils correctly. :-)
                    – just.do.it
                    Dec 16 '14 at 8:30










                  • Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                    – kolunar
                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:18








                  4




                  4




                  Much better than the oddly more popular solution above but I had to add /t to avoid the prompt on Windows 8.1
                  – rainabba
                  Jan 28 '14 at 16:17




                  Much better than the oddly more popular solution above but I had to add /t to avoid the prompt on Windows 8.1
                  – rainabba
                  Jan 28 '14 at 16:17




                  6




                  6




                  Built-in Windows 8.1 date.exe seems to be locale dependent. It returns the date in dd/MM/yyyy on my system, if it were locale-independent I would expect either MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd. I don't think this answer is talking about the built-in date.exe but some third-party version of it.
                  – SSS
                  Apr 7 '14 at 2:49




                  Built-in Windows 8.1 date.exe seems to be locale dependent. It returns the date in dd/MM/yyyy on my system, if it were locale-independent I would expect either MM/dd/yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd. I don't think this answer is talking about the built-in date.exe but some third-party version of it.
                  – SSS
                  Apr 7 '14 at 2:49




                  1




                  1




                  it is locale independant if you provide it with the desired format on the command line
                  – terrinecold
                  Oct 15 '14 at 23:06




                  it is locale independant if you provide it with the desired format on the command line
                  – terrinecold
                  Oct 15 '14 at 23:06




                  3




                  3




                  Please notice that date.exe (part of UnxUtils) is not the same as the build-in date command. So if you have to add /t the windows date command is executed. If something like date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d" works, you have installed the UnxUtils correctly. :-)
                  – just.do.it
                  Dec 16 '14 at 8:30




                  Please notice that date.exe (part of UnxUtils) is not the same as the build-in date command. So if you have to add /t the windows date command is executed. If something like date.exe +"%Y-%m-%d" works, you have installed the UnxUtils correctly. :-)
                  – just.do.it
                  Dec 16 '14 at 8:30












                  Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                  – kolunar
                  Sep 2 '15 at 13:18




                  Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                  – kolunar
                  Sep 2 '15 at 13:18











                  78














                  Two more ways that do not depend on the time settings (both taken from :How get data/time independent from localization:). And both also get the day of the week and none of them requires admin permissions!:





                  1. MAKECAB - will work on EVERY Windows system (fast, but creates a small temp file) (the foxidrive script):



                    @echo off
                    pushd "%temp%"
                    makecab /D RptFileName=~.rpt /D InfFileName=~.inf /f nul >nul
                    for /f "tokens=3-7" %%a in ('find /i "makecab"^<~.rpt') do (
                    set "current-date=%%e-%%b-%%c"
                    set "current-time=%%d"
                    set "weekday=%%a"
                    )
                    del ~.*
                    popd
                    echo %weekday% %current-date% %current-time%
                    pause


                    More information about get-date function.




                  2. ROBOCOPY - it's not native command for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it can be downloaded from microsoft site. But is built-in in everything from Windows Vista and above:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    for /f "skip=8 tokens=2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=: " %%D in ('robocopy /l * /ns /nc /ndl /nfl /np /njh /XF * /XD *') do (
                    set "dow=%%D"
                    set "month=%%E"
                    set "day=%%F"
                    set "HH=%%G"
                    set "MM=%%H"
                    set "SS=%%I"
                    set "year=%%J"
                    )

                    echo Day of the week: %dow%
                    echo Day of the month : %day%
                    echo Month : %month%
                    echo hour : %HH%
                    echo minutes : %MM%
                    echo seconds : %SS%
                    echo year : %year%
                    endlocal


                    And three more ways that uses other Windows script languages. They will give you more flexibility e.g. you can get week of the year, time in milliseconds and so on.




                  3. JScript/batch hybrid (need to be saved as .bat). JScript is available on every system form NT and above, as a part of Windows Script Host (though can be disabled through the registry it's a rare case):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* ---Harmless hybrid line that begins a JScript comment

                    @echo off
                    cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0"
                    exit /b 0
                    *------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

                    function GetCurrentDate() {
                    // Today date time which will used to set as default date.
                    var todayDate = new Date();
                    todayDate = todayDate.getFullYear() + "-" +
                    ("0" + (todayDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "-" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getDate()).slice(-2) + " " + ("0" + todayDate.getHours()).slice(-2) + ":" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getMinutes()).slice(-2);

                    return todayDate;
                    }

                    WScript.Echo(GetCurrentDate());



                  4. VSCRIPT/BATCH hybrid (Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?) same case as JScript, but hybridization is not so perfect:



                    :sub echo(str) :end sub
                    echo off
                    '>nul 2>&1|| copy /Y %windir%System32doskey.exe %windir%System32'.exe >nul
                    '& echo current date:
                    '& cscript /nologo /E:vbscript "%~f0"
                    '& exit /b

                    '0 = vbGeneralDate - Default. Returns date: mm/dd/yy and time if specified: hh:mm:ss PM/AM.
                    '1 = vbLongDate - Returns date: weekday, monthname, year
                    '2 = vbShortDate - Returns date: mm/dd/yy
                    '3 = vbLongTime - Returns time: hh:mm:ss PM/AM
                    '4 = vbShortTime - Return time: hh:mm

                    WScript.echo Replace(FormatDateTime(Date,1),", ","-")



                  5. PowerShell - can be installed on every machine that has .NET - download from Microsoft (v1, v2, v3 (only for Windows 7 and above)). It is installed by default on everything from Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 and above:



                    C:> powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"


                    To use it from a batch file:



                    for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"') do @set _date=%%#



                  6. Self-compiled jscript.net/batch (never seen a Windows machine without .NET, so I think this is a pretty portable):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /****** silent line that start JScript comment ******

                    @echo off
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: Compile the script ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    setlocal
                    if exist "%~n0.exe" goto :skip_compilation

                    set "frm=%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFramework"

                    :: Searching the latest installed .NET framework
                    for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFrameworkv*"') do (
                    if exist "%%vjsc.exe" (
                    rem :: the javascript.net compiler
                    set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxvjsc.exe"
                    goto :break_loop
                    )
                    )
                    echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
                    :break_loop


                    call %jsc% /nologo /out:"%~n0.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: End of compilation ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    :skip_compilation

                    "%~n0.exe"

                    exit /b 0


                    ****** End of JScript comment ******/
                    import System;
                    import System.IO;

                    var dt=DateTime.Now;
                    Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));



                  7. Logman This cannot get the year and day of the week. It's comparatively slow and also creates a temporary file and is based on the time stamps that logman puts on its log files. It will work on everything from Windows XP and above. It probably will be never used by anybody - including me - but is one more way...



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    del /q /f %temp%timestampfile_*

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe create counter ts-CPU -sc 2 -v mmddhhmm -max 250 -c "Processor(_Total)%% Processor Time" -o %temp%timestampfile_ >nul
                    Logman.exe start ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    for /f "tokens=2 delims=_." %%t in ('dir /b %temp%timestampfile_*^&del /q/f %temp%timestampfile_*') do set timestamp=%%t

                    echo %timestamp%
                    echo MM: %timestamp:~0,2%
                    echo dd: %timestamp:~2,2%
                    echo hh: %timestamp:~4,2%
                    echo mm: %timestamp:~6,2%

                    endlocal
                    exit /b 0



                  8. One more way with WMIC which also gives week of the year and the day of the week, but not the milliseconds (for milliseconds check foxidrive's answer):



                    for /f %%# in ('wMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get /Format:value') do @for /f %%@ in ("%%#") do @set %%@
                    echo %day%
                    echo %DayOfWeek%
                    echo %hour%
                    echo %minute%
                    echo %month%
                    echo %quarter%
                    echo %second%
                    echo %weekinmonth%
                    echo %year%



                  9. Using TYPEPERF with some efforts to be fast and compatible with different language settings and as fast as possible:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    :: Check if Windows is Windows XP and use Windows XP valid counter for UDP performance
                    ::if defined USERDOMAIN_roamingprofile (set "v=v4") else (set "v=")

                    for /f "tokens=4 delims=. " %%# in ('ver') do if %%# GTR 5 (set "v=v4") else ("v=")
                    set "mon="
                    for /f "skip=2 delims=," %%# in ('typeperf "UDP%v%*" -si 0 -sc 1') do (
                    if not defined mon (
                    for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=.:/ " %%a in (%%#) do (
                    set mon=%%a
                    set date=%%b
                    set year=%%c
                    set hour=%%d
                    set minute=%%e
                    set sec=%%f
                    set ms=%%g
                    )
                    )
                    )
                    echo %year%.%mon%.%date%
                    echo %hour%:%minute%:%sec%.%ms%
                    endlocal



                  10. MSHTA allows calling JavaScript methods similar to the JScript method demonstrated in #3 above. Bear in mind that JavaScript's Date object properties involving month values are numbered from 0 to 11, not 1 to 12. So a value of 9 means October.



                    <!-- : Batch portion

                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    for /f "delims=" %%I in ('mshta "%~f0"') do set "now.%%~I"

                    rem Display all variables beginning with "now."
                    set now.

                    goto :EOF

                    end batch / begin HTA -->

                    <script>
                    resizeTo(0,0)
                    var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1),
                    now = new Date(),
                    props=['getDate','getDay','getFullYear','getHours','getMilliseconds','getMinutes',
                    'getMonth','getSeconds','getTime','getTimezoneOffset','getUTCDate','getUTCDay',
                    'getUTCFullYear','getUTCHours','getUTCMilliseconds','getUTCMinutes','getUTCMonth',
                    'getUTCSeconds','getYear','toDateString','toGMTString','toLocaleDateString',
                    'toLocaleTimeString','toString','toTimeString','toUTCString','valueOf'],
                    output = ;

                    for (var i in props) {output.push(props[i] + '()=' + now[props[i]]())}
                    close(fso.Write(output.join('n')));
                    </script>







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                  • 1




                    for powershell C:>for /f %%i in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') do set datetime=%%i C:>echo %datetime%
                    – Samuel
                    May 9 '14 at 13:59








                  • 1




                    makecab: this works by creating a file called ~.rpt, and searching a string inside it, beginning with makecab, which is a line like MakeCAB Report: Tue Sep 02 22:15:57 2014. for me this command is not localized it's locale independent. This trick is relying on that. Let's hope it won't ever be, or else beware!
                    – n611x007
                    Sep 2 '14 at 20:19








                  • 7




                    I enjoy the opening text "Two more..." followed by 8 solutions.
                    – Adam Smith
                    Oct 20 '15 at 21:30






                  • 1




                    What, no mshta hybrid? :) Mind if I edit your answer and add one? This seems to be the best collection of esoteric solutions, and it seems like mshta belongs here.
                    – rojo
                    Oct 26 '15 at 14:19






                  • 1




                    The accepted solution wouldn't work for me no matter what I tried. Multiple of these solutions worked for me. (Batch and Powershell).
                    – Brett Wait
                    May 15 at 15:19


















                  78














                  Two more ways that do not depend on the time settings (both taken from :How get data/time independent from localization:). And both also get the day of the week and none of them requires admin permissions!:





                  1. MAKECAB - will work on EVERY Windows system (fast, but creates a small temp file) (the foxidrive script):



                    @echo off
                    pushd "%temp%"
                    makecab /D RptFileName=~.rpt /D InfFileName=~.inf /f nul >nul
                    for /f "tokens=3-7" %%a in ('find /i "makecab"^<~.rpt') do (
                    set "current-date=%%e-%%b-%%c"
                    set "current-time=%%d"
                    set "weekday=%%a"
                    )
                    del ~.*
                    popd
                    echo %weekday% %current-date% %current-time%
                    pause


                    More information about get-date function.




                  2. ROBOCOPY - it's not native command for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it can be downloaded from microsoft site. But is built-in in everything from Windows Vista and above:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    for /f "skip=8 tokens=2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=: " %%D in ('robocopy /l * /ns /nc /ndl /nfl /np /njh /XF * /XD *') do (
                    set "dow=%%D"
                    set "month=%%E"
                    set "day=%%F"
                    set "HH=%%G"
                    set "MM=%%H"
                    set "SS=%%I"
                    set "year=%%J"
                    )

                    echo Day of the week: %dow%
                    echo Day of the month : %day%
                    echo Month : %month%
                    echo hour : %HH%
                    echo minutes : %MM%
                    echo seconds : %SS%
                    echo year : %year%
                    endlocal


                    And three more ways that uses other Windows script languages. They will give you more flexibility e.g. you can get week of the year, time in milliseconds and so on.




                  3. JScript/batch hybrid (need to be saved as .bat). JScript is available on every system form NT and above, as a part of Windows Script Host (though can be disabled through the registry it's a rare case):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* ---Harmless hybrid line that begins a JScript comment

                    @echo off
                    cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0"
                    exit /b 0
                    *------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

                    function GetCurrentDate() {
                    // Today date time which will used to set as default date.
                    var todayDate = new Date();
                    todayDate = todayDate.getFullYear() + "-" +
                    ("0" + (todayDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "-" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getDate()).slice(-2) + " " + ("0" + todayDate.getHours()).slice(-2) + ":" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getMinutes()).slice(-2);

                    return todayDate;
                    }

                    WScript.Echo(GetCurrentDate());



                  4. VSCRIPT/BATCH hybrid (Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?) same case as JScript, but hybridization is not so perfect:



                    :sub echo(str) :end sub
                    echo off
                    '>nul 2>&1|| copy /Y %windir%System32doskey.exe %windir%System32'.exe >nul
                    '& echo current date:
                    '& cscript /nologo /E:vbscript "%~f0"
                    '& exit /b

                    '0 = vbGeneralDate - Default. Returns date: mm/dd/yy and time if specified: hh:mm:ss PM/AM.
                    '1 = vbLongDate - Returns date: weekday, monthname, year
                    '2 = vbShortDate - Returns date: mm/dd/yy
                    '3 = vbLongTime - Returns time: hh:mm:ss PM/AM
                    '4 = vbShortTime - Return time: hh:mm

                    WScript.echo Replace(FormatDateTime(Date,1),", ","-")



                  5. PowerShell - can be installed on every machine that has .NET - download from Microsoft (v1, v2, v3 (only for Windows 7 and above)). It is installed by default on everything from Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 and above:



                    C:> powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"


                    To use it from a batch file:



                    for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"') do @set _date=%%#



                  6. Self-compiled jscript.net/batch (never seen a Windows machine without .NET, so I think this is a pretty portable):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /****** silent line that start JScript comment ******

                    @echo off
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: Compile the script ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    setlocal
                    if exist "%~n0.exe" goto :skip_compilation

                    set "frm=%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFramework"

                    :: Searching the latest installed .NET framework
                    for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFrameworkv*"') do (
                    if exist "%%vjsc.exe" (
                    rem :: the javascript.net compiler
                    set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxvjsc.exe"
                    goto :break_loop
                    )
                    )
                    echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
                    :break_loop


                    call %jsc% /nologo /out:"%~n0.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: End of compilation ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    :skip_compilation

                    "%~n0.exe"

                    exit /b 0


                    ****** End of JScript comment ******/
                    import System;
                    import System.IO;

                    var dt=DateTime.Now;
                    Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));



                  7. Logman This cannot get the year and day of the week. It's comparatively slow and also creates a temporary file and is based on the time stamps that logman puts on its log files. It will work on everything from Windows XP and above. It probably will be never used by anybody - including me - but is one more way...



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    del /q /f %temp%timestampfile_*

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe create counter ts-CPU -sc 2 -v mmddhhmm -max 250 -c "Processor(_Total)%% Processor Time" -o %temp%timestampfile_ >nul
                    Logman.exe start ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    for /f "tokens=2 delims=_." %%t in ('dir /b %temp%timestampfile_*^&del /q/f %temp%timestampfile_*') do set timestamp=%%t

                    echo %timestamp%
                    echo MM: %timestamp:~0,2%
                    echo dd: %timestamp:~2,2%
                    echo hh: %timestamp:~4,2%
                    echo mm: %timestamp:~6,2%

                    endlocal
                    exit /b 0



                  8. One more way with WMIC which also gives week of the year and the day of the week, but not the milliseconds (for milliseconds check foxidrive's answer):



                    for /f %%# in ('wMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get /Format:value') do @for /f %%@ in ("%%#") do @set %%@
                    echo %day%
                    echo %DayOfWeek%
                    echo %hour%
                    echo %minute%
                    echo %month%
                    echo %quarter%
                    echo %second%
                    echo %weekinmonth%
                    echo %year%



                  9. Using TYPEPERF with some efforts to be fast and compatible with different language settings and as fast as possible:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    :: Check if Windows is Windows XP and use Windows XP valid counter for UDP performance
                    ::if defined USERDOMAIN_roamingprofile (set "v=v4") else (set "v=")

                    for /f "tokens=4 delims=. " %%# in ('ver') do if %%# GTR 5 (set "v=v4") else ("v=")
                    set "mon="
                    for /f "skip=2 delims=," %%# in ('typeperf "UDP%v%*" -si 0 -sc 1') do (
                    if not defined mon (
                    for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=.:/ " %%a in (%%#) do (
                    set mon=%%a
                    set date=%%b
                    set year=%%c
                    set hour=%%d
                    set minute=%%e
                    set sec=%%f
                    set ms=%%g
                    )
                    )
                    )
                    echo %year%.%mon%.%date%
                    echo %hour%:%minute%:%sec%.%ms%
                    endlocal



                  10. MSHTA allows calling JavaScript methods similar to the JScript method demonstrated in #3 above. Bear in mind that JavaScript's Date object properties involving month values are numbered from 0 to 11, not 1 to 12. So a value of 9 means October.



                    <!-- : Batch portion

                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    for /f "delims=" %%I in ('mshta "%~f0"') do set "now.%%~I"

                    rem Display all variables beginning with "now."
                    set now.

                    goto :EOF

                    end batch / begin HTA -->

                    <script>
                    resizeTo(0,0)
                    var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1),
                    now = new Date(),
                    props=['getDate','getDay','getFullYear','getHours','getMilliseconds','getMinutes',
                    'getMonth','getSeconds','getTime','getTimezoneOffset','getUTCDate','getUTCDay',
                    'getUTCFullYear','getUTCHours','getUTCMilliseconds','getUTCMinutes','getUTCMonth',
                    'getUTCSeconds','getYear','toDateString','toGMTString','toLocaleDateString',
                    'toLocaleTimeString','toString','toTimeString','toUTCString','valueOf'],
                    output = ;

                    for (var i in props) {output.push(props[i] + '()=' + now[props[i]]())}
                    close(fso.Write(output.join('n')));
                    </script>







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                  • 1




                    for powershell C:>for /f %%i in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') do set datetime=%%i C:>echo %datetime%
                    – Samuel
                    May 9 '14 at 13:59








                  • 1




                    makecab: this works by creating a file called ~.rpt, and searching a string inside it, beginning with makecab, which is a line like MakeCAB Report: Tue Sep 02 22:15:57 2014. for me this command is not localized it's locale independent. This trick is relying on that. Let's hope it won't ever be, or else beware!
                    – n611x007
                    Sep 2 '14 at 20:19








                  • 7




                    I enjoy the opening text "Two more..." followed by 8 solutions.
                    – Adam Smith
                    Oct 20 '15 at 21:30






                  • 1




                    What, no mshta hybrid? :) Mind if I edit your answer and add one? This seems to be the best collection of esoteric solutions, and it seems like mshta belongs here.
                    – rojo
                    Oct 26 '15 at 14:19






                  • 1




                    The accepted solution wouldn't work for me no matter what I tried. Multiple of these solutions worked for me. (Batch and Powershell).
                    – Brett Wait
                    May 15 at 15:19
















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                  Two more ways that do not depend on the time settings (both taken from :How get data/time independent from localization:). And both also get the day of the week and none of them requires admin permissions!:





                  1. MAKECAB - will work on EVERY Windows system (fast, but creates a small temp file) (the foxidrive script):



                    @echo off
                    pushd "%temp%"
                    makecab /D RptFileName=~.rpt /D InfFileName=~.inf /f nul >nul
                    for /f "tokens=3-7" %%a in ('find /i "makecab"^<~.rpt') do (
                    set "current-date=%%e-%%b-%%c"
                    set "current-time=%%d"
                    set "weekday=%%a"
                    )
                    del ~.*
                    popd
                    echo %weekday% %current-date% %current-time%
                    pause


                    More information about get-date function.




                  2. ROBOCOPY - it's not native command for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it can be downloaded from microsoft site. But is built-in in everything from Windows Vista and above:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    for /f "skip=8 tokens=2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=: " %%D in ('robocopy /l * /ns /nc /ndl /nfl /np /njh /XF * /XD *') do (
                    set "dow=%%D"
                    set "month=%%E"
                    set "day=%%F"
                    set "HH=%%G"
                    set "MM=%%H"
                    set "SS=%%I"
                    set "year=%%J"
                    )

                    echo Day of the week: %dow%
                    echo Day of the month : %day%
                    echo Month : %month%
                    echo hour : %HH%
                    echo minutes : %MM%
                    echo seconds : %SS%
                    echo year : %year%
                    endlocal


                    And three more ways that uses other Windows script languages. They will give you more flexibility e.g. you can get week of the year, time in milliseconds and so on.




                  3. JScript/batch hybrid (need to be saved as .bat). JScript is available on every system form NT and above, as a part of Windows Script Host (though can be disabled through the registry it's a rare case):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* ---Harmless hybrid line that begins a JScript comment

                    @echo off
                    cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0"
                    exit /b 0
                    *------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

                    function GetCurrentDate() {
                    // Today date time which will used to set as default date.
                    var todayDate = new Date();
                    todayDate = todayDate.getFullYear() + "-" +
                    ("0" + (todayDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "-" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getDate()).slice(-2) + " " + ("0" + todayDate.getHours()).slice(-2) + ":" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getMinutes()).slice(-2);

                    return todayDate;
                    }

                    WScript.Echo(GetCurrentDate());



                  4. VSCRIPT/BATCH hybrid (Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?) same case as JScript, but hybridization is not so perfect:



                    :sub echo(str) :end sub
                    echo off
                    '>nul 2>&1|| copy /Y %windir%System32doskey.exe %windir%System32'.exe >nul
                    '& echo current date:
                    '& cscript /nologo /E:vbscript "%~f0"
                    '& exit /b

                    '0 = vbGeneralDate - Default. Returns date: mm/dd/yy and time if specified: hh:mm:ss PM/AM.
                    '1 = vbLongDate - Returns date: weekday, monthname, year
                    '2 = vbShortDate - Returns date: mm/dd/yy
                    '3 = vbLongTime - Returns time: hh:mm:ss PM/AM
                    '4 = vbShortTime - Return time: hh:mm

                    WScript.echo Replace(FormatDateTime(Date,1),", ","-")



                  5. PowerShell - can be installed on every machine that has .NET - download from Microsoft (v1, v2, v3 (only for Windows 7 and above)). It is installed by default on everything from Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 and above:



                    C:> powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"


                    To use it from a batch file:



                    for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"') do @set _date=%%#



                  6. Self-compiled jscript.net/batch (never seen a Windows machine without .NET, so I think this is a pretty portable):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /****** silent line that start JScript comment ******

                    @echo off
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: Compile the script ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    setlocal
                    if exist "%~n0.exe" goto :skip_compilation

                    set "frm=%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFramework"

                    :: Searching the latest installed .NET framework
                    for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFrameworkv*"') do (
                    if exist "%%vjsc.exe" (
                    rem :: the javascript.net compiler
                    set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxvjsc.exe"
                    goto :break_loop
                    )
                    )
                    echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
                    :break_loop


                    call %jsc% /nologo /out:"%~n0.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: End of compilation ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    :skip_compilation

                    "%~n0.exe"

                    exit /b 0


                    ****** End of JScript comment ******/
                    import System;
                    import System.IO;

                    var dt=DateTime.Now;
                    Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));



                  7. Logman This cannot get the year and day of the week. It's comparatively slow and also creates a temporary file and is based on the time stamps that logman puts on its log files. It will work on everything from Windows XP and above. It probably will be never used by anybody - including me - but is one more way...



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    del /q /f %temp%timestampfile_*

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe create counter ts-CPU -sc 2 -v mmddhhmm -max 250 -c "Processor(_Total)%% Processor Time" -o %temp%timestampfile_ >nul
                    Logman.exe start ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    for /f "tokens=2 delims=_." %%t in ('dir /b %temp%timestampfile_*^&del /q/f %temp%timestampfile_*') do set timestamp=%%t

                    echo %timestamp%
                    echo MM: %timestamp:~0,2%
                    echo dd: %timestamp:~2,2%
                    echo hh: %timestamp:~4,2%
                    echo mm: %timestamp:~6,2%

                    endlocal
                    exit /b 0



                  8. One more way with WMIC which also gives week of the year and the day of the week, but not the milliseconds (for milliseconds check foxidrive's answer):



                    for /f %%# in ('wMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get /Format:value') do @for /f %%@ in ("%%#") do @set %%@
                    echo %day%
                    echo %DayOfWeek%
                    echo %hour%
                    echo %minute%
                    echo %month%
                    echo %quarter%
                    echo %second%
                    echo %weekinmonth%
                    echo %year%



                  9. Using TYPEPERF with some efforts to be fast and compatible with different language settings and as fast as possible:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    :: Check if Windows is Windows XP and use Windows XP valid counter for UDP performance
                    ::if defined USERDOMAIN_roamingprofile (set "v=v4") else (set "v=")

                    for /f "tokens=4 delims=. " %%# in ('ver') do if %%# GTR 5 (set "v=v4") else ("v=")
                    set "mon="
                    for /f "skip=2 delims=," %%# in ('typeperf "UDP%v%*" -si 0 -sc 1') do (
                    if not defined mon (
                    for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=.:/ " %%a in (%%#) do (
                    set mon=%%a
                    set date=%%b
                    set year=%%c
                    set hour=%%d
                    set minute=%%e
                    set sec=%%f
                    set ms=%%g
                    )
                    )
                    )
                    echo %year%.%mon%.%date%
                    echo %hour%:%minute%:%sec%.%ms%
                    endlocal



                  10. MSHTA allows calling JavaScript methods similar to the JScript method demonstrated in #3 above. Bear in mind that JavaScript's Date object properties involving month values are numbered from 0 to 11, not 1 to 12. So a value of 9 means October.



                    <!-- : Batch portion

                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    for /f "delims=" %%I in ('mshta "%~f0"') do set "now.%%~I"

                    rem Display all variables beginning with "now."
                    set now.

                    goto :EOF

                    end batch / begin HTA -->

                    <script>
                    resizeTo(0,0)
                    var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1),
                    now = new Date(),
                    props=['getDate','getDay','getFullYear','getHours','getMilliseconds','getMinutes',
                    'getMonth','getSeconds','getTime','getTimezoneOffset','getUTCDate','getUTCDay',
                    'getUTCFullYear','getUTCHours','getUTCMilliseconds','getUTCMinutes','getUTCMonth',
                    'getUTCSeconds','getYear','toDateString','toGMTString','toLocaleDateString',
                    'toLocaleTimeString','toString','toTimeString','toUTCString','valueOf'],
                    output = ;

                    for (var i in props) {output.push(props[i] + '()=' + now[props[i]]())}
                    close(fso.Write(output.join('n')));
                    </script>







                  share|improve this answer














                  Two more ways that do not depend on the time settings (both taken from :How get data/time independent from localization:). And both also get the day of the week and none of them requires admin permissions!:





                  1. MAKECAB - will work on EVERY Windows system (fast, but creates a small temp file) (the foxidrive script):



                    @echo off
                    pushd "%temp%"
                    makecab /D RptFileName=~.rpt /D InfFileName=~.inf /f nul >nul
                    for /f "tokens=3-7" %%a in ('find /i "makecab"^<~.rpt') do (
                    set "current-date=%%e-%%b-%%c"
                    set "current-time=%%d"
                    set "weekday=%%a"
                    )
                    del ~.*
                    popd
                    echo %weekday% %current-date% %current-time%
                    pause


                    More information about get-date function.




                  2. ROBOCOPY - it's not native command for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it can be downloaded from microsoft site. But is built-in in everything from Windows Vista and above:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    for /f "skip=8 tokens=2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=: " %%D in ('robocopy /l * /ns /nc /ndl /nfl /np /njh /XF * /XD *') do (
                    set "dow=%%D"
                    set "month=%%E"
                    set "day=%%F"
                    set "HH=%%G"
                    set "MM=%%H"
                    set "SS=%%I"
                    set "year=%%J"
                    )

                    echo Day of the week: %dow%
                    echo Day of the month : %day%
                    echo Month : %month%
                    echo hour : %HH%
                    echo minutes : %MM%
                    echo seconds : %SS%
                    echo year : %year%
                    endlocal


                    And three more ways that uses other Windows script languages. They will give you more flexibility e.g. you can get week of the year, time in milliseconds and so on.




                  3. JScript/batch hybrid (need to be saved as .bat). JScript is available on every system form NT and above, as a part of Windows Script Host (though can be disabled through the registry it's a rare case):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /* ---Harmless hybrid line that begins a JScript comment

                    @echo off
                    cscript //E:JScript //nologo "%~f0"
                    exit /b 0
                    *------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

                    function GetCurrentDate() {
                    // Today date time which will used to set as default date.
                    var todayDate = new Date();
                    todayDate = todayDate.getFullYear() + "-" +
                    ("0" + (todayDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "-" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getDate()).slice(-2) + " " + ("0" + todayDate.getHours()).slice(-2) + ":" +
                    ("0" + todayDate.getMinutes()).slice(-2);

                    return todayDate;
                    }

                    WScript.Echo(GetCurrentDate());



                  4. VSCRIPT/BATCH hybrid (Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?) same case as JScript, but hybridization is not so perfect:



                    :sub echo(str) :end sub
                    echo off
                    '>nul 2>&1|| copy /Y %windir%System32doskey.exe %windir%System32'.exe >nul
                    '& echo current date:
                    '& cscript /nologo /E:vbscript "%~f0"
                    '& exit /b

                    '0 = vbGeneralDate - Default. Returns date: mm/dd/yy and time if specified: hh:mm:ss PM/AM.
                    '1 = vbLongDate - Returns date: weekday, monthname, year
                    '2 = vbShortDate - Returns date: mm/dd/yy
                    '3 = vbLongTime - Returns time: hh:mm:ss PM/AM
                    '4 = vbShortTime - Return time: hh:mm

                    WScript.echo Replace(FormatDateTime(Date,1),", ","-")



                  5. PowerShell - can be installed on every machine that has .NET - download from Microsoft (v1, v2, v3 (only for Windows 7 and above)). It is installed by default on everything from Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 and above:



                    C:> powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"


                    To use it from a batch file:



                    for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"') do @set _date=%%#



                  6. Self-compiled jscript.net/batch (never seen a Windows machine without .NET, so I think this is a pretty portable):



                    @if (@X)==(@Y) @end /****** silent line that start JScript comment ******

                    @echo off
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: Compile the script ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    setlocal
                    if exist "%~n0.exe" goto :skip_compilation

                    set "frm=%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFramework"

                    :: Searching the latest installed .NET framework
                    for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFrameworkv*"') do (
                    if exist "%%vjsc.exe" (
                    rem :: the javascript.net compiler
                    set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxvjsc.exe"
                    goto :break_loop
                    )
                    )
                    echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
                    :break_loop


                    call %jsc% /nologo /out:"%~n0.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    ::: End of compilation ::::
                    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
                    :skip_compilation

                    "%~n0.exe"

                    exit /b 0


                    ****** End of JScript comment ******/
                    import System;
                    import System.IO;

                    var dt=DateTime.Now;
                    Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));



                  7. Logman This cannot get the year and day of the week. It's comparatively slow and also creates a temporary file and is based on the time stamps that logman puts on its log files. It will work on everything from Windows XP and above. It probably will be never used by anybody - including me - but is one more way...



                    @echo off
                    setlocal
                    del /q /f %temp%timestampfile_*

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe create counter ts-CPU -sc 2 -v mmddhhmm -max 250 -c "Processor(_Total)%% Processor Time" -o %temp%timestampfile_ >nul
                    Logman.exe start ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1

                    Logman.exe stop ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    Logman.exe delete ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
                    for /f "tokens=2 delims=_." %%t in ('dir /b %temp%timestampfile_*^&del /q/f %temp%timestampfile_*') do set timestamp=%%t

                    echo %timestamp%
                    echo MM: %timestamp:~0,2%
                    echo dd: %timestamp:~2,2%
                    echo hh: %timestamp:~4,2%
                    echo mm: %timestamp:~6,2%

                    endlocal
                    exit /b 0



                  8. One more way with WMIC which also gives week of the year and the day of the week, but not the milliseconds (for milliseconds check foxidrive's answer):



                    for /f %%# in ('wMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get /Format:value') do @for /f %%@ in ("%%#") do @set %%@
                    echo %day%
                    echo %DayOfWeek%
                    echo %hour%
                    echo %minute%
                    echo %month%
                    echo %quarter%
                    echo %second%
                    echo %weekinmonth%
                    echo %year%



                  9. Using TYPEPERF with some efforts to be fast and compatible with different language settings and as fast as possible:



                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    :: Check if Windows is Windows XP and use Windows XP valid counter for UDP performance
                    ::if defined USERDOMAIN_roamingprofile (set "v=v4") else (set "v=")

                    for /f "tokens=4 delims=. " %%# in ('ver') do if %%# GTR 5 (set "v=v4") else ("v=")
                    set "mon="
                    for /f "skip=2 delims=," %%# in ('typeperf "UDP%v%*" -si 0 -sc 1') do (
                    if not defined mon (
                    for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=.:/ " %%a in (%%#) do (
                    set mon=%%a
                    set date=%%b
                    set year=%%c
                    set hour=%%d
                    set minute=%%e
                    set sec=%%f
                    set ms=%%g
                    )
                    )
                    )
                    echo %year%.%mon%.%date%
                    echo %hour%:%minute%:%sec%.%ms%
                    endlocal



                  10. MSHTA allows calling JavaScript methods similar to the JScript method demonstrated in #3 above. Bear in mind that JavaScript's Date object properties involving month values are numbered from 0 to 11, not 1 to 12. So a value of 9 means October.



                    <!-- : Batch portion

                    @echo off
                    setlocal

                    for /f "delims=" %%I in ('mshta "%~f0"') do set "now.%%~I"

                    rem Display all variables beginning with "now."
                    set now.

                    goto :EOF

                    end batch / begin HTA -->

                    <script>
                    resizeTo(0,0)
                    var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1),
                    now = new Date(),
                    props=['getDate','getDay','getFullYear','getHours','getMilliseconds','getMinutes',
                    'getMonth','getSeconds','getTime','getTimezoneOffset','getUTCDate','getUTCDay',
                    'getUTCFullYear','getUTCHours','getUTCMilliseconds','getUTCMinutes','getUTCMonth',
                    'getUTCSeconds','getYear','toDateString','toGMTString','toLocaleDateString',
                    'toLocaleTimeString','toString','toTimeString','toUTCString','valueOf'],
                    output = ;

                    for (var i in props) {output.push(props[i] + '()=' + now[props[i]]())}
                    close(fso.Write(output.join('n')));
                    </script>








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                  edited Jul 15 '17 at 17:52









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                  answered Nov 5 '13 at 21:21









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                  • 1




                    for powershell C:>for /f %%i in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') do set datetime=%%i C:>echo %datetime%
                    – Samuel
                    May 9 '14 at 13:59








                  • 1




                    makecab: this works by creating a file called ~.rpt, and searching a string inside it, beginning with makecab, which is a line like MakeCAB Report: Tue Sep 02 22:15:57 2014. for me this command is not localized it's locale independent. This trick is relying on that. Let's hope it won't ever be, or else beware!
                    – n611x007
                    Sep 2 '14 at 20:19








                  • 7




                    I enjoy the opening text "Two more..." followed by 8 solutions.
                    – Adam Smith
                    Oct 20 '15 at 21:30






                  • 1




                    What, no mshta hybrid? :) Mind if I edit your answer and add one? This seems to be the best collection of esoteric solutions, and it seems like mshta belongs here.
                    – rojo
                    Oct 26 '15 at 14:19






                  • 1




                    The accepted solution wouldn't work for me no matter what I tried. Multiple of these solutions worked for me. (Batch and Powershell).
                    – Brett Wait
                    May 15 at 15:19
















                  • 1




                    for powershell C:>for /f %%i in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') do set datetime=%%i C:>echo %datetime%
                    – Samuel
                    May 9 '14 at 13:59








                  • 1




                    makecab: this works by creating a file called ~.rpt, and searching a string inside it, beginning with makecab, which is a line like MakeCAB Report: Tue Sep 02 22:15:57 2014. for me this command is not localized it's locale independent. This trick is relying on that. Let's hope it won't ever be, or else beware!
                    – n611x007
                    Sep 2 '14 at 20:19








                  • 7




                    I enjoy the opening text "Two more..." followed by 8 solutions.
                    – Adam Smith
                    Oct 20 '15 at 21:30






                  • 1




                    What, no mshta hybrid? :) Mind if I edit your answer and add one? This seems to be the best collection of esoteric solutions, and it seems like mshta belongs here.
                    – rojo
                    Oct 26 '15 at 14:19






                  • 1




                    The accepted solution wouldn't work for me no matter what I tried. Multiple of these solutions worked for me. (Batch and Powershell).
                    – Brett Wait
                    May 15 at 15:19










                  1




                  1




                  for powershell C:>for /f %%i in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') do set datetime=%%i C:>echo %datetime%
                  – Samuel
                  May 9 '14 at 13:59






                  for powershell C:>for /f %%i in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmmss}"') do set datetime=%%i C:>echo %datetime%
                  – Samuel
                  May 9 '14 at 13:59






                  1




                  1




                  makecab: this works by creating a file called ~.rpt, and searching a string inside it, beginning with makecab, which is a line like MakeCAB Report: Tue Sep 02 22:15:57 2014. for me this command is not localized it's locale independent. This trick is relying on that. Let's hope it won't ever be, or else beware!
                  – n611x007
                  Sep 2 '14 at 20:19






                  makecab: this works by creating a file called ~.rpt, and searching a string inside it, beginning with makecab, which is a line like MakeCAB Report: Tue Sep 02 22:15:57 2014. for me this command is not localized it's locale independent. This trick is relying on that. Let's hope it won't ever be, or else beware!
                  – n611x007
                  Sep 2 '14 at 20:19






                  7




                  7




                  I enjoy the opening text "Two more..." followed by 8 solutions.
                  – Adam Smith
                  Oct 20 '15 at 21:30




                  I enjoy the opening text "Two more..." followed by 8 solutions.
                  – Adam Smith
                  Oct 20 '15 at 21:30




                  1




                  1




                  What, no mshta hybrid? :) Mind if I edit your answer and add one? This seems to be the best collection of esoteric solutions, and it seems like mshta belongs here.
                  – rojo
                  Oct 26 '15 at 14:19




                  What, no mshta hybrid? :) Mind if I edit your answer and add one? This seems to be the best collection of esoteric solutions, and it seems like mshta belongs here.
                  – rojo
                  Oct 26 '15 at 14:19




                  1




                  1




                  The accepted solution wouldn't work for me no matter what I tried. Multiple of these solutions worked for me. (Batch and Powershell).
                  – Brett Wait
                  May 15 at 15:19






                  The accepted solution wouldn't work for me no matter what I tried. Multiple of these solutions worked for me. (Batch and Powershell).
                  – Brett Wait
                  May 15 at 15:19













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                  Here's a variant from alt.msdos.batch.nt that works local-independently.



                  Put this in a text file, e.g. getDate.cmd



                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------
                  :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                  @ECHO off
                  SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                  if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                  for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                  for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                  set '%%a'=%%i
                  set '%%b'=%%j
                  set '%%c'=%%k))
                  if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                  set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%
                  ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                  ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]

                  :EOF
                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------


                  To get the code to work sans error msg's to stderr, I had to add the single quotes arount the variable assignments for %%a, %%b and %%c. My locale (PT) was causing errors at one stage in the looping/parsing where stuff like "set =20" was getting executed. The quotes yield a token (albeit empty) for the left-hand side of the assignment statement.



                  The downside is the messy locale variable names: 'yy', 'mm' and 'dd'. But hey, who cares!






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                  • 3




                    This is perfect and is the simplest and most elegant approach i've seen to date.
                    – Doug
                    Dec 14 '11 at 0:25






                  • 1




                    See also Jeroen's enhancements, needed as not all locales use the strings dd, mm and yy in the output of echo:^|date.
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 10:01






                  • 1




                    This should be the accepted answer +1
                    – Inder Kumar Rathore
                    Mar 7 '13 at 10:53
















                  42














                  Here's a variant from alt.msdos.batch.nt that works local-independently.



                  Put this in a text file, e.g. getDate.cmd



                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------
                  :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                  @ECHO off
                  SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                  if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                  for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                  for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                  set '%%a'=%%i
                  set '%%b'=%%j
                  set '%%c'=%%k))
                  if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                  set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%
                  ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                  ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]

                  :EOF
                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------


                  To get the code to work sans error msg's to stderr, I had to add the single quotes arount the variable assignments for %%a, %%b and %%c. My locale (PT) was causing errors at one stage in the looping/parsing where stuff like "set =20" was getting executed. The quotes yield a token (albeit empty) for the left-hand side of the assignment statement.



                  The downside is the messy locale variable names: 'yy', 'mm' and 'dd'. But hey, who cares!






                  share|improve this answer

















                  • 3




                    This is perfect and is the simplest and most elegant approach i've seen to date.
                    – Doug
                    Dec 14 '11 at 0:25






                  • 1




                    See also Jeroen's enhancements, needed as not all locales use the strings dd, mm and yy in the output of echo:^|date.
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 10:01






                  • 1




                    This should be the accepted answer +1
                    – Inder Kumar Rathore
                    Mar 7 '13 at 10:53














                  42












                  42








                  42






                  Here's a variant from alt.msdos.batch.nt that works local-independently.



                  Put this in a text file, e.g. getDate.cmd



                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------
                  :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                  @ECHO off
                  SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                  if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                  for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                  for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                  set '%%a'=%%i
                  set '%%b'=%%j
                  set '%%c'=%%k))
                  if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                  set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%
                  ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                  ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]

                  :EOF
                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------


                  To get the code to work sans error msg's to stderr, I had to add the single quotes arount the variable assignments for %%a, %%b and %%c. My locale (PT) was causing errors at one stage in the looping/parsing where stuff like "set =20" was getting executed. The quotes yield a token (albeit empty) for the left-hand side of the assignment statement.



                  The downside is the messy locale variable names: 'yy', 'mm' and 'dd'. But hey, who cares!






                  share|improve this answer












                  Here's a variant from alt.msdos.batch.nt that works local-independently.



                  Put this in a text file, e.g. getDate.cmd



                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------
                  :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                  @ECHO off
                  SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                  if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                  for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                  for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                  set '%%a'=%%i
                  set '%%b'=%%j
                  set '%%c'=%%k))
                  if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                  set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%
                  ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                  ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]

                  :EOF
                  -----------8<------8<------------ snip -- snip ----------8<-------------


                  To get the code to work sans error msg's to stderr, I had to add the single quotes arount the variable assignments for %%a, %%b and %%c. My locale (PT) was causing errors at one stage in the looping/parsing where stuff like "set =20" was getting executed. The quotes yield a token (albeit empty) for the left-hand side of the assignment statement.



                  The downside is the messy locale variable names: 'yy', 'mm' and 'dd'. But hey, who cares!







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                  answered Jul 8 '10 at 10:50









                  vMax

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                  • 3




                    This is perfect and is the simplest and most elegant approach i've seen to date.
                    – Doug
                    Dec 14 '11 at 0:25






                  • 1




                    See also Jeroen's enhancements, needed as not all locales use the strings dd, mm and yy in the output of echo:^|date.
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 10:01






                  • 1




                    This should be the accepted answer +1
                    – Inder Kumar Rathore
                    Mar 7 '13 at 10:53














                  • 3




                    This is perfect and is the simplest and most elegant approach i've seen to date.
                    – Doug
                    Dec 14 '11 at 0:25






                  • 1




                    See also Jeroen's enhancements, needed as not all locales use the strings dd, mm and yy in the output of echo:^|date.
                    – Arjan
                    Jun 23 '12 at 10:01






                  • 1




                    This should be the accepted answer +1
                    – Inder Kumar Rathore
                    Mar 7 '13 at 10:53








                  3




                  3




                  This is perfect and is the simplest and most elegant approach i've seen to date.
                  – Doug
                  Dec 14 '11 at 0:25




                  This is perfect and is the simplest and most elegant approach i've seen to date.
                  – Doug
                  Dec 14 '11 at 0:25




                  1




                  1




                  See also Jeroen's enhancements, needed as not all locales use the strings dd, mm and yy in the output of echo:^|date.
                  – Arjan
                  Jun 23 '12 at 10:01




                  See also Jeroen's enhancements, needed as not all locales use the strings dd, mm and yy in the output of echo:^|date.
                  – Arjan
                  Jun 23 '12 at 10:01




                  1




                  1




                  This should be the accepted answer +1
                  – Inder Kumar Rathore
                  Mar 7 '13 at 10:53




                  This should be the accepted answer +1
                  – Inder Kumar Rathore
                  Mar 7 '13 at 10:53











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                  I use this (again not region independent (UK))



                  set bklog=%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%





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                  • See Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde on this little known but very efficient technique. (A pointer to a Microsoft authoritative reference would be appreciated.)
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:33










                  • Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:51










                  • This doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is something to do with regional settings? I get an output of "/15/- 1-We_1009" when running it on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
                    – Joel B
                    Oct 15 '14 at 16:11
















                  29














                  I use this (again not region independent (UK))



                  set bklog=%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%





                  share|improve this answer























                  • See Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde on this little known but very efficient technique. (A pointer to a Microsoft authoritative reference would be appreciated.)
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:33










                  • Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:51










                  • This doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is something to do with regional settings? I get an output of "/15/- 1-We_1009" when running it on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
                    – Joel B
                    Oct 15 '14 at 16:11














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                  29






                  I use this (again not region independent (UK))



                  set bklog=%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%





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                  I use this (again not region independent (UK))



                  set bklog=%date:~6,4%-%date:~3,2%-%date:~0,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%






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                  edited Oct 15 '12 at 8:48









                  bluish

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                  answered Apr 12 '09 at 13:13







                  Dale Walker



















                  • See Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde on this little known but very efficient technique. (A pointer to a Microsoft authoritative reference would be appreciated.)
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:33










                  • Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:51










                  • This doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is something to do with regional settings? I get an output of "/15/- 1-We_1009" when running it on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
                    – Joel B
                    Oct 15 '14 at 16:11


















                  • See Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde on this little known but very efficient technique. (A pointer to a Microsoft authoritative reference would be appreciated.)
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:33










                  • Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:51










                  • This doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is something to do with regional settings? I get an output of "/15/- 1-We_1009" when running it on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
                    – Joel B
                    Oct 15 '14 at 16:11
















                  See Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde on this little known but very efficient technique. (A pointer to a Microsoft authoritative reference would be appreciated.)
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:33




                  See Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde on this little known but very efficient technique. (A pointer to a Microsoft authoritative reference would be appreciated.)
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:33












                  Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:51




                  Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:51












                  This doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is something to do with regional settings? I get an output of "/15/- 1-We_1009" when running it on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
                  – Joel B
                  Oct 15 '14 at 16:11




                  This doesn't quite work for me. Maybe it is something to do with regional settings? I get an output of "/15/- 1-We_1009" when running it on Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
                  – Joel B
                  Oct 15 '14 at 16:11











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                  Unfortunately this is not immune to regional settings, but it does what you want.



                  set hour=%time:~0,2%
                  if "%time:~0,1%"==" " set hour=0%time:~1,1%
                  set _my_datetime=%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%_%hour%%time:~3,2%


                  Amazing the stuff you can find on Wikipedia.






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                  • 1




                    Mark - Found Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde which describes the variable 'slicing' technique exhibited in your answer. Not finding that info any longer in the Wikipedia article. Would like to find an authoritative reference from Microsoft.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:41






                  • 1




                    Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:50


















                  23














                  Unfortunately this is not immune to regional settings, but it does what you want.



                  set hour=%time:~0,2%
                  if "%time:~0,1%"==" " set hour=0%time:~1,1%
                  set _my_datetime=%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%_%hour%%time:~3,2%


                  Amazing the stuff you can find on Wikipedia.






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                  • 1




                    Mark - Found Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde which describes the variable 'slicing' technique exhibited in your answer. Not finding that info any longer in the Wikipedia article. Would like to find an authoritative reference from Microsoft.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:41






                  • 1




                    Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:50
















                  23












                  23








                  23






                  Unfortunately this is not immune to regional settings, but it does what you want.



                  set hour=%time:~0,2%
                  if "%time:~0,1%"==" " set hour=0%time:~1,1%
                  set _my_datetime=%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%_%hour%%time:~3,2%


                  Amazing the stuff you can find on Wikipedia.






                  share|improve this answer












                  Unfortunately this is not immune to regional settings, but it does what you want.



                  set hour=%time:~0,2%
                  if "%time:~0,1%"==" " set hour=0%time:~1,1%
                  set _my_datetime=%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%_%hour%%time:~3,2%


                  Amazing the stuff you can find on Wikipedia.







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                  answered Oct 14 '08 at 22:43









                  Mark Ransom

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                  • 1




                    Mark - Found Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde which describes the variable 'slicing' technique exhibited in your answer. Not finding that info any longer in the Wikipedia article. Would like to find an authoritative reference from Microsoft.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:41






                  • 1




                    Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:50
















                  • 1




                    Mark - Found Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde which describes the variable 'slicing' technique exhibited in your answer. Not finding that info any longer in the Wikipedia article. Would like to find an authoritative reference from Microsoft.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:41






                  • 1




                    Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                    – DavidRR
                    Dec 16 '13 at 0:50










                  1




                  1




                  Mark - Found Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde which describes the variable 'slicing' technique exhibited in your answer. Not finding that info any longer in the Wikipedia article. Would like to find an authoritative reference from Microsoft.
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:41




                  Mark - Found Cmd.exe Environment Variables with Colon and Tilde which describes the variable 'slicing' technique exhibited in your answer. Not finding that info any longer in the Wikipedia article. Would like to find an authoritative reference from Microsoft.
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:41




                  1




                  1




                  Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:50






                  Here's Microsoft's Batch File Reference for Windows XP. That reference includes Using batch parameters. Unfortunately, no discussion of the 'slicing' technique.
                  – DavidRR
                  Dec 16 '13 at 0:50













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                  Please use the following script to get the current day in the command line:



                  echo %Date:~0,3%day





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                  • 6




                    Played a bit around with this, it is the shortest I found to get Date and Time: echo %date% %time%
                    – loomi
                    Nov 23 '12 at 8:49








                  • 4




                    I got Thuday.
                    – NReilingh
                    Dec 5 '13 at 17:37
















                  16














                  Please use the following script to get the current day in the command line:



                  echo %Date:~0,3%day





                  share|improve this answer



















                  • 6




                    Played a bit around with this, it is the shortest I found to get Date and Time: echo %date% %time%
                    – loomi
                    Nov 23 '12 at 8:49








                  • 4




                    I got Thuday.
                    – NReilingh
                    Dec 5 '13 at 17:37














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                  16








                  16






                  Please use the following script to get the current day in the command line:



                  echo %Date:~0,3%day





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                  Please use the following script to get the current day in the command line:



                  echo %Date:~0,3%day






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                  edited Dec 12 '11 at 11:50









                  user527987

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                  answered Jul 15 '11 at 13:00









                  sudipto roy

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                  • 6




                    Played a bit around with this, it is the shortest I found to get Date and Time: echo %date% %time%
                    – loomi
                    Nov 23 '12 at 8:49








                  • 4




                    I got Thuday.
                    – NReilingh
                    Dec 5 '13 at 17:37














                  • 6




                    Played a bit around with this, it is the shortest I found to get Date and Time: echo %date% %time%
                    – loomi
                    Nov 23 '12 at 8:49








                  • 4




                    I got Thuday.
                    – NReilingh
                    Dec 5 '13 at 17:37








                  6




                  6




                  Played a bit around with this, it is the shortest I found to get Date and Time: echo %date% %time%
                  – loomi
                  Nov 23 '12 at 8:49






                  Played a bit around with this, it is the shortest I found to get Date and Time: echo %date% %time%
                  – loomi
                  Nov 23 '12 at 8:49






                  4




                  4




                  I got Thuday.
                  – NReilingh
                  Dec 5 '13 at 17:37




                  I got Thuday.
                  – NReilingh
                  Dec 5 '13 at 17:37











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                  The first four lines of this code will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec variables in Windows XP Professional and higher.



                  @echo off
                  for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
                  set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
                  set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"

                  set "datestamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%" & set "timestamp=%HH%%Min%%Sec%" & set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%%Min%-%Sec%"
                  echo datestamp: "%datestamp%"
                  echo timestamp: "%timestamp%"
                  echo fullstamp: "%fullstamp%"
                  pause





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                    The first four lines of this code will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec variables in Windows XP Professional and higher.



                    @echo off
                    for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
                    set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
                    set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"

                    set "datestamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%" & set "timestamp=%HH%%Min%%Sec%" & set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%%Min%-%Sec%"
                    echo datestamp: "%datestamp%"
                    echo timestamp: "%timestamp%"
                    echo fullstamp: "%fullstamp%"
                    pause





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                      The first four lines of this code will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec variables in Windows XP Professional and higher.



                      @echo off
                      for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
                      set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
                      set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"

                      set "datestamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%" & set "timestamp=%HH%%Min%%Sec%" & set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%%Min%-%Sec%"
                      echo datestamp: "%datestamp%"
                      echo timestamp: "%timestamp%"
                      echo fullstamp: "%fullstamp%"
                      pause





                      share|improve this answer














                      The first four lines of this code will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec variables in Windows XP Professional and higher.



                      @echo off
                      for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
                      set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
                      set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%"

                      set "datestamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%" & set "timestamp=%HH%%Min%%Sec%" & set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%%Min%-%Sec%"
                      echo datestamp: "%datestamp%"
                      echo timestamp: "%timestamp%"
                      echo fullstamp: "%fullstamp%"
                      pause






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                      edited Jul 15 '17 at 17:58









                      Peter Mortensen

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                      answered Sep 7 '14 at 19:47









                      foxidrive

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                          14














                          Another way (credit):



                          @For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @( 
                          Set Month=%%A
                          Set Day=%%B
                          Set Year=%%C
                          )

                          @echo DAY = %Day%
                          @echo Month = %Month%
                          @echo Year = %Year%


                          Note that both my answers here are still reliant on the order of the day and month as determined by regional settings - not sure how to work around that.






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                            14














                            Another way (credit):



                            @For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @( 
                            Set Month=%%A
                            Set Day=%%B
                            Set Year=%%C
                            )

                            @echo DAY = %Day%
                            @echo Month = %Month%
                            @echo Year = %Year%


                            Note that both my answers here are still reliant on the order of the day and month as determined by regional settings - not sure how to work around that.






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                              Another way (credit):



                              @For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @( 
                              Set Month=%%A
                              Set Day=%%B
                              Set Year=%%C
                              )

                              @echo DAY = %Day%
                              @echo Month = %Month%
                              @echo Year = %Year%


                              Note that both my answers here are still reliant on the order of the day and month as determined by regional settings - not sure how to work around that.






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                              Another way (credit):



                              @For /F "tokens=2,3,4 delims=/ " %%A in ('Date /t') do @( 
                              Set Month=%%A
                              Set Day=%%B
                              Set Year=%%C
                              )

                              @echo DAY = %Day%
                              @echo Month = %Month%
                              @echo Year = %Year%


                              Note that both my answers here are still reliant on the order of the day and month as determined by regional settings - not sure how to work around that.







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                              answered Oct 14 '08 at 22:36









                              J c

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                                  "d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r code_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.zip





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                                  • great.. works as a cake..
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:44










                                  • http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples has some good points may be useful for some one in future.
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:47






                                  • 3




                                    -1 surely this is not independent of date format.
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                                    Nov 26 '13 at 16:05
















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                                  "d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r code_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.zip





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                                  • great.. works as a cake..
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:44










                                  • http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples has some good points may be useful for some one in future.
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:47






                                  • 3




                                    -1 surely this is not independent of date format.
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                                    Nov 26 '13 at 16:05














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                                  "d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r code_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.zip





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                                  "d:Program Files7-Zip7z.exe" a -r code_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.zip






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                                  edited Mar 20 '10 at 11:13









                                  Jeff Atwood

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                                  answered Dec 4 '09 at 19:44









                                  DigiP

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                                  • great.. works as a cake..
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:44










                                  • http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples has some good points may be useful for some one in future.
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:47






                                  • 3




                                    -1 surely this is not independent of date format.
                                    – barlop
                                    Nov 26 '13 at 16:05


















                                  • great.. works as a cake..
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:44










                                  • http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples has some good points may be useful for some one in future.
                                    – Saravanan
                                    Aug 4 '11 at 3:47






                                  • 3




                                    -1 surely this is not independent of date format.
                                    – barlop
                                    Nov 26 '13 at 16:05
















                                  great.. works as a cake..
                                  – Saravanan
                                  Aug 4 '11 at 3:44




                                  great.. works as a cake..
                                  – Saravanan
                                  Aug 4 '11 at 3:44












                                  http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples has some good points may be useful for some one in future.
                                  – Saravanan
                                  Aug 4 '11 at 3:47




                                  http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip-examples has some good points may be useful for some one in future.
                                  – Saravanan
                                  Aug 4 '11 at 3:47




                                  3




                                  3




                                  -1 surely this is not independent of date format.
                                  – barlop
                                  Nov 26 '13 at 16:05




                                  -1 surely this is not independent of date format.
                                  – barlop
                                  Nov 26 '13 at 16:05











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                                  This isn't really briefer but might be a more flexible way (credit):



                                  FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
                                  FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%B
                                  FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ eol=/" %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET dd=%%B
                                  FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET yyyy=%%B
                                  SET date=%mm%%dd%%yyyy%





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                                    This isn't really briefer but might be a more flexible way (credit):



                                    FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
                                    FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%B
                                    FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ eol=/" %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET dd=%%B
                                    FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET yyyy=%%B
                                    SET date=%mm%%dd%%yyyy%





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                                      13








                                      13






                                      This isn't really briefer but might be a more flexible way (credit):



                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%B
                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ eol=/" %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET dd=%%B
                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET yyyy=%%B
                                      SET date=%mm%%dd%%yyyy%





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                                      This isn't really briefer but might be a more flexible way (credit):



                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=1* DELIMS= " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET CDATE=%%B
                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 eol=/ DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('DATE/T') DO SET mm=%%B
                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=1,2 DELIMS=/ eol=/" %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET dd=%%B
                                      FOR /F "TOKENS=2,3 DELIMS=/ " %%A IN ('echo %CDATE%') DO SET yyyy=%%B
                                      SET date=%mm%%dd%%yyyy%






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                                      edited Sep 23 '16 at 21:04









                                      sblom

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                                      answered Oct 14 '08 at 22:31









                                      J c

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                                          Here's a way to get date time in a single line:



                                          for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %c-%a-%b %d%e


                                          In the US this will output "yyyy-mm-dd hhmm". Different regional settings will result in different %date% outputs, but you can modify the token order.



                                          If you want a different format, modify the echo statement by rearranging the tokens or using different (or no) separators.






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                                            Here's a way to get date time in a single line:



                                            for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %c-%a-%b %d%e


                                            In the US this will output "yyyy-mm-dd hhmm". Different regional settings will result in different %date% outputs, but you can modify the token order.



                                            If you want a different format, modify the echo statement by rearranging the tokens or using different (or no) separators.






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                                              9








                                              9






                                              Here's a way to get date time in a single line:



                                              for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %c-%a-%b %d%e


                                              In the US this will output "yyyy-mm-dd hhmm". Different regional settings will result in different %date% outputs, but you can modify the token order.



                                              If you want a different format, modify the echo statement by rearranging the tokens or using different (or no) separators.






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                                              Here's a way to get date time in a single line:



                                              for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %c-%a-%b %d%e


                                              In the US this will output "yyyy-mm-dd hhmm". Different regional settings will result in different %date% outputs, but you can modify the token order.



                                              If you want a different format, modify the echo statement by rearranging the tokens or using different (or no) separators.







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                                              answered Oct 4 '10 at 20:57









                                              Matthew Johnson

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                                                  Just use this line:



                                                  PowerShell -Command "get-date"





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                                                    Just use this line:



                                                    PowerShell -Command "get-date"





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                                                      8






                                                      Just use this line:



                                                      PowerShell -Command "get-date"





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                                                      Just use this line:



                                                      PowerShell -Command "get-date"






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                                                      answered Nov 19 '14 at 8:51









                                                      gdelfino

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                                                          Short answer :



                                                           :: Start - Run , type:
                                                          cmd /c "powershell get-date -format ^"{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}^"|clip"

                                                          :: click into target media, Ctrl + V to paste the result


                                                          Long answer



                                                              @echo off
                                                          :: START USAGE ==================================================================
                                                          ::SET THE NICETIME
                                                          :: SET NICETIME=BOO
                                                          :: CALL GetNiceTime.cmd

                                                          :: ECHO NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          :: echo nice time is %NICETIME%
                                                          :: END USAGE ==================================================================

                                                          echo set hhmmsss
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:" %%a in ('echo %time%') do set hhmmsss=%%a%%b%%c
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO hhmmsss IS %hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE
                                                          echo %yyyymmdd%
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=." %%D in ('echo %DATE%') do set yyyymmdd=%%F%%E%%D
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO yyyymmdd IS %yyyymmdd%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE


                                                          set NICETIME=%yyyymmdd%_%hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG echo THE NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE





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                                                          • :: in cmd for /f %i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%i ::in cmd script for /f %%i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%%i
                                                            – Yordan Georgiev
                                                            Dec 19 '16 at 14:09
















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                                                          Short answer :



                                                           :: Start - Run , type:
                                                          cmd /c "powershell get-date -format ^"{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}^"|clip"

                                                          :: click into target media, Ctrl + V to paste the result


                                                          Long answer



                                                              @echo off
                                                          :: START USAGE ==================================================================
                                                          ::SET THE NICETIME
                                                          :: SET NICETIME=BOO
                                                          :: CALL GetNiceTime.cmd

                                                          :: ECHO NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          :: echo nice time is %NICETIME%
                                                          :: END USAGE ==================================================================

                                                          echo set hhmmsss
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:" %%a in ('echo %time%') do set hhmmsss=%%a%%b%%c
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO hhmmsss IS %hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE
                                                          echo %yyyymmdd%
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=." %%D in ('echo %DATE%') do set yyyymmdd=%%F%%E%%D
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO yyyymmdd IS %yyyymmdd%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE


                                                          set NICETIME=%yyyymmdd%_%hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG echo THE NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE





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                                                          • :: in cmd for /f %i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%i ::in cmd script for /f %%i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%%i
                                                            – Yordan Georgiev
                                                            Dec 19 '16 at 14:09














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                                                          8








                                                          8






                                                          Short answer :



                                                           :: Start - Run , type:
                                                          cmd /c "powershell get-date -format ^"{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}^"|clip"

                                                          :: click into target media, Ctrl + V to paste the result


                                                          Long answer



                                                              @echo off
                                                          :: START USAGE ==================================================================
                                                          ::SET THE NICETIME
                                                          :: SET NICETIME=BOO
                                                          :: CALL GetNiceTime.cmd

                                                          :: ECHO NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          :: echo nice time is %NICETIME%
                                                          :: END USAGE ==================================================================

                                                          echo set hhmmsss
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:" %%a in ('echo %time%') do set hhmmsss=%%a%%b%%c
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO hhmmsss IS %hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE
                                                          echo %yyyymmdd%
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=." %%D in ('echo %DATE%') do set yyyymmdd=%%F%%E%%D
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO yyyymmdd IS %yyyymmdd%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE


                                                          set NICETIME=%yyyymmdd%_%hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG echo THE NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE





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                                                          Short answer :



                                                           :: Start - Run , type:
                                                          cmd /c "powershell get-date -format ^"{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}^"|clip"

                                                          :: click into target media, Ctrl + V to paste the result


                                                          Long answer



                                                              @echo off
                                                          :: START USAGE ==================================================================
                                                          ::SET THE NICETIME
                                                          :: SET NICETIME=BOO
                                                          :: CALL GetNiceTime.cmd

                                                          :: ECHO NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          :: echo nice time is %NICETIME%
                                                          :: END USAGE ==================================================================

                                                          echo set hhmmsss
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:" %%a in ('echo %time%') do set hhmmsss=%%a%%b%%c
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO hhmmsss IS %hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE
                                                          echo %yyyymmdd%
                                                          :: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=." %%D in ('echo %DATE%') do set yyyymmdd=%%F%%E%%D
                                                          ::DEBUG ECHO yyyymmdd IS %yyyymmdd%
                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE


                                                          set NICETIME=%yyyymmdd%_%hhmmsss%
                                                          ::DEBUG echo THE NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

                                                          ::DEBUG PAUSE






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                                                          edited Feb 28 at 12:32

























                                                          answered May 18 '10 at 6:03









                                                          Yordan Georgiev

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                                                          • :: in cmd for /f %i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%i ::in cmd script for /f %%i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%%i
                                                            – Yordan Georgiev
                                                            Dec 19 '16 at 14:09


















                                                          • :: in cmd for /f %i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%i ::in cmd script for /f %%i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%%i
                                                            – Yordan Georgiev
                                                            Dec 19 '16 at 14:09
















                                                          :: in cmd for /f %i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%i ::in cmd script for /f %%i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%%i
                                                          – Yordan Georgiev
                                                          Dec 19 '16 at 14:09




                                                          :: in cmd for /f %i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%i ::in cmd script for /f %%i in ('PowerShell -Command "get-date" -format "yyyyMMdd"') do set yyyyMMdd=%%i
                                                          – Yordan Georgiev
                                                          Dec 19 '16 at 14:09











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                                                          And here is a similar batch-file for the time portion.



                                                          :: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional time settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Gets the time in ISO 8601 24-hour format
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Note that %time% gets you fractions of seconds, and time /t doesn't, but gets you AM/PM if your locale supports that.
                                                          :: Since ISO 8601 does not care about AM/PM, we use %time%
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,.-/ " %%i in ('echo %time%') do (
                                                          set 'hh'=%%i
                                                          set 'mm'=%%j
                                                          set 'ss'=%%k
                                                          set 'ff'=%%l)
                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_Hour=%'hh'%& SET v_Minute=%'mm'%& SET v_Second=%'ss'%& SET v_Fraction=%'ff'%

                                                          ECHO Now is Hour: [%V_Hour%] Minute: [%V_Minute%] Second: [%v_Second%] Fraction: [%v_Fraction%]
                                                          set timestring=%V_Hour%%V_Minute%%v_Second%.%v_Fraction%
                                                          echo %timestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen






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                                                          • Hi, I was able to load files according to Modified date using a command below, z: & forfiles /m *.jpg /s /d 07/16/2015 /c “cmd /c echo @fdate @ftime @path” But I wanna know how to load files according to Created date. Any help would be very appreciated. A question’s been asked on stackoverflow but no answer yet. Please take a look at the link for the details stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                            – kolunar
                                                            Sep 2 '15 at 13:35






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                                                            Ask a new question about that. I've never used forfiles.
                                                            – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
                                                            Sep 4 '15 at 11:09
















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                                                          And here is a similar batch-file for the time portion.



                                                          :: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional time settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Gets the time in ISO 8601 24-hour format
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Note that %time% gets you fractions of seconds, and time /t doesn't, but gets you AM/PM if your locale supports that.
                                                          :: Since ISO 8601 does not care about AM/PM, we use %time%
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,.-/ " %%i in ('echo %time%') do (
                                                          set 'hh'=%%i
                                                          set 'mm'=%%j
                                                          set 'ss'=%%k
                                                          set 'ff'=%%l)
                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_Hour=%'hh'%& SET v_Minute=%'mm'%& SET v_Second=%'ss'%& SET v_Fraction=%'ff'%

                                                          ECHO Now is Hour: [%V_Hour%] Minute: [%V_Minute%] Second: [%v_Second%] Fraction: [%v_Fraction%]
                                                          set timestring=%V_Hour%%V_Minute%%v_Second%.%v_Fraction%
                                                          echo %timestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen






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                                                          • Hi, I was able to load files according to Modified date using a command below, z: & forfiles /m *.jpg /s /d 07/16/2015 /c “cmd /c echo @fdate @ftime @path” But I wanna know how to load files according to Created date. Any help would be very appreciated. A question’s been asked on stackoverflow but no answer yet. Please take a look at the link for the details stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                            – kolunar
                                                            Sep 2 '15 at 13:35






                                                          • 1




                                                            Ask a new question about that. I've never used forfiles.
                                                            – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
                                                            Sep 4 '15 at 11:09














                                                          7












                                                          7








                                                          7






                                                          And here is a similar batch-file for the time portion.



                                                          :: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional time settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Gets the time in ISO 8601 24-hour format
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Note that %time% gets you fractions of seconds, and time /t doesn't, but gets you AM/PM if your locale supports that.
                                                          :: Since ISO 8601 does not care about AM/PM, we use %time%
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,.-/ " %%i in ('echo %time%') do (
                                                          set 'hh'=%%i
                                                          set 'mm'=%%j
                                                          set 'ss'=%%k
                                                          set 'ff'=%%l)
                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_Hour=%'hh'%& SET v_Minute=%'mm'%& SET v_Second=%'ss'%& SET v_Fraction=%'ff'%

                                                          ECHO Now is Hour: [%V_Hour%] Minute: [%V_Minute%] Second: [%v_Second%] Fraction: [%v_Fraction%]
                                                          set timestring=%V_Hour%%V_Minute%%v_Second%.%v_Fraction%
                                                          echo %timestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen






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                                                          And here is a similar batch-file for the time portion.



                                                          :: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional time settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Gets the time in ISO 8601 24-hour format
                                                          ::
                                                          :: Note that %time% gets you fractions of seconds, and time /t doesn't, but gets you AM/PM if your locale supports that.
                                                          :: Since ISO 8601 does not care about AM/PM, we use %time%
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,.-/ " %%i in ('echo %time%') do (
                                                          set 'hh'=%%i
                                                          set 'mm'=%%j
                                                          set 'ss'=%%k
                                                          set 'ff'=%%l)
                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_Hour=%'hh'%& SET v_Minute=%'mm'%& SET v_Second=%'ss'%& SET v_Fraction=%'ff'%

                                                          ECHO Now is Hour: [%V_Hour%] Minute: [%V_Minute%] Second: [%v_Second%] Fraction: [%v_Fraction%]
                                                          set timestring=%V_Hour%%V_Minute%%v_Second%.%v_Fraction%
                                                          echo %timestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen







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                                                          Jeroen Wiert Pluimers

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                                                          • Hi, I was able to load files according to Modified date using a command below, z: & forfiles /m *.jpg /s /d 07/16/2015 /c “cmd /c echo @fdate @ftime @path” But I wanna know how to load files according to Created date. Any help would be very appreciated. A question’s been asked on stackoverflow but no answer yet. Please take a look at the link for the details stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                            – kolunar
                                                            Sep 2 '15 at 13:35






                                                          • 1




                                                            Ask a new question about that. I've never used forfiles.
                                                            – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
                                                            Sep 4 '15 at 11:09


















                                                          • Hi, I was able to load files according to Modified date using a command below, z: & forfiles /m *.jpg /s /d 07/16/2015 /c “cmd /c echo @fdate @ftime @path” But I wanna know how to load files according to Created date. Any help would be very appreciated. A question’s been asked on stackoverflow but no answer yet. Please take a look at the link for the details stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                            – kolunar
                                                            Sep 2 '15 at 13:35






                                                          • 1




                                                            Ask a new question about that. I've never used forfiles.
                                                            – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
                                                            Sep 4 '15 at 11:09
















                                                          Hi, I was able to load files according to Modified date using a command below, z: & forfiles /m *.jpg /s /d 07/16/2015 /c “cmd /c echo @fdate @ftime @path” But I wanna know how to load files according to Created date. Any help would be very appreciated. A question’s been asked on stackoverflow but no answer yet. Please take a look at the link for the details stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                          – kolunar
                                                          Sep 2 '15 at 13:35




                                                          Hi, I was able to load files according to Modified date using a command below, z: & forfiles /m *.jpg /s /d 07/16/2015 /c “cmd /c echo @fdate @ftime @path” But I wanna know how to load files according to Created date. Any help would be very appreciated. A question’s been asked on stackoverflow but no answer yet. Please take a look at the link for the details stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                          – kolunar
                                                          Sep 2 '15 at 13:35




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                                                          1




                                                          Ask a new question about that. I've never used forfiles.
                                                          – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
                                                          Sep 4 '15 at 11:09




                                                          Ask a new question about that. I've never used forfiles.
                                                          – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers
                                                          Sep 4 '15 at 11:09











                                                          7














                                                          I changed the answer with the batch file from vMax so it works with the Dutch language too.

                                                          The Dutch - persistent as we are - have a few changes in the %date%, date/t, and date that break the original batch-file.



                                                          It would be nice if some people can check this against other Windows locales as well, and report back the results.

                                                          If the batch-file fails at your location, then please include the output of these two statements on the command prompt:
                                                          echo:^|date
                                                          date/t



                                                          This is a sample of the output you should get from the batch-file:



                                                          C:temp>set-date-cmd.bat
                                                          Today is Year: [2011] Month: [01] Day: [03]
                                                          20110103


                                                          Here is the revised code with comments on why:



                                                          :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: 20110103 - adapted by jeroen@pluimers.com for Dutch locale
                                                          :: Dutch will get jj as year from echo:^|date, so the '%%c' trick does not work as it will fill 'jj', but we want 'yy'
                                                          :: luckily, all countries seem to have year at the end: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date
                                                          :: set '%%c'=%%k
                                                          :: set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          ::
                                                          :: In addition, date will display the current date before the input prompt using dashes
                                                          :: in Dutch, but using slashes in English, so there will be two occurances of the outer loop in Dutch
                                                          :: and one occurence in English.
                                                          :: This skips the first iteration:
                                                          :: if "%%a" GEQ "A"
                                                          ::
                                                          :: echo:^|date
                                                          :: Huidige datum: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Voer de nieuwe datum in: (dd-mm-jj)
                                                          :: The current date is: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          :: Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy)
                                                          ::
                                                          :: date/t
                                                          :: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The assumption in this batch-file is that echo:^|date will return the date format
                                                          :: using either mm and dd or dd and mm in the first two valid tokens on the second line, and the year as the last token.
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The outer loop will get the right tokens, the inner loop assigns the variables depending on the tokens.
                                                          :: That will resolve the order of the tokens.
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          set v_day=
                                                          set v_month=
                                                          set v_year=

                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                                                          ::DEBUG echo toks=%toks%
                                                          for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                                                          ::DEBUG echo first token=%%a
                                                          if "%%a" GEQ "A" (
                                                          for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                                                          set '%%a'=%%i
                                                          set '%%b'=%%j
                                                          set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                                                          set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%

                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                                                          ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]
                                                          set datestring=%V_Year%%V_Month%%V_Day%
                                                          echo %datestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen






                                                          share|improve this answer



















                                                          • 2




                                                            Some do use years first, or lack leading zeroes; see Wikipedia's Date format by country. The French might use jj-mm-aaaa for jour, mois, annee? Italians maybe gg/mm/aaaa for giorno, mese, anno? Germans tt.mm.jjjj for Tag, Monat, Jahr? But then: I guess in most countries only a few languages are used. Like in The Netherlands indeed Windows will often be English or Dutch, not much else. Good enough for me.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:49






                                                          • 2




                                                            As an aside: another version in Hidden features of Windows batch files is less perfect (needs the fix for the Dutch jj, and does not enforce a 4 digit year), but uses shift to discard the day like Mon or ma. Just different.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:50






                                                          • 3




                                                            It breaks on a German system. Year and month work, but day fails because "day" starts with a "T" in German ("Tag"), not a "d". The format string in the prompt is (TT-MM-JJ), the date/t output is 23.06.2012. /cc @Arjan
                                                            – balpha
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:18






                                                          • 2




                                                            Another aside: one could also get the order from the registry, using reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /vShortDate. Beware while testing: for an open command prompt, changing that Control Panel setting also changes the format used to display the date (for both date and date /t and echo %date%), but on Windows 7 does NOT change the format for the new date! Like changing my short date format into YY/MM/dd, gets me: The current date is: 12/06/23 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy). Opening a new command prompt fixes that.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:38






                                                          • 2




                                                            @Arjan this should be reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate.
                                                            – tricasse
                                                            Nov 19 '15 at 13:31
















                                                          7














                                                          I changed the answer with the batch file from vMax so it works with the Dutch language too.

                                                          The Dutch - persistent as we are - have a few changes in the %date%, date/t, and date that break the original batch-file.



                                                          It would be nice if some people can check this against other Windows locales as well, and report back the results.

                                                          If the batch-file fails at your location, then please include the output of these two statements on the command prompt:
                                                          echo:^|date
                                                          date/t



                                                          This is a sample of the output you should get from the batch-file:



                                                          C:temp>set-date-cmd.bat
                                                          Today is Year: [2011] Month: [01] Day: [03]
                                                          20110103


                                                          Here is the revised code with comments on why:



                                                          :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: 20110103 - adapted by jeroen@pluimers.com for Dutch locale
                                                          :: Dutch will get jj as year from echo:^|date, so the '%%c' trick does not work as it will fill 'jj', but we want 'yy'
                                                          :: luckily, all countries seem to have year at the end: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date
                                                          :: set '%%c'=%%k
                                                          :: set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          ::
                                                          :: In addition, date will display the current date before the input prompt using dashes
                                                          :: in Dutch, but using slashes in English, so there will be two occurances of the outer loop in Dutch
                                                          :: and one occurence in English.
                                                          :: This skips the first iteration:
                                                          :: if "%%a" GEQ "A"
                                                          ::
                                                          :: echo:^|date
                                                          :: Huidige datum: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Voer de nieuwe datum in: (dd-mm-jj)
                                                          :: The current date is: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          :: Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy)
                                                          ::
                                                          :: date/t
                                                          :: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The assumption in this batch-file is that echo:^|date will return the date format
                                                          :: using either mm and dd or dd and mm in the first two valid tokens on the second line, and the year as the last token.
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The outer loop will get the right tokens, the inner loop assigns the variables depending on the tokens.
                                                          :: That will resolve the order of the tokens.
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          set v_day=
                                                          set v_month=
                                                          set v_year=

                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                                                          ::DEBUG echo toks=%toks%
                                                          for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                                                          ::DEBUG echo first token=%%a
                                                          if "%%a" GEQ "A" (
                                                          for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                                                          set '%%a'=%%i
                                                          set '%%b'=%%j
                                                          set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                                                          set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%

                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                                                          ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]
                                                          set datestring=%V_Year%%V_Month%%V_Day%
                                                          echo %datestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen






                                                          share|improve this answer



















                                                          • 2




                                                            Some do use years first, or lack leading zeroes; see Wikipedia's Date format by country. The French might use jj-mm-aaaa for jour, mois, annee? Italians maybe gg/mm/aaaa for giorno, mese, anno? Germans tt.mm.jjjj for Tag, Monat, Jahr? But then: I guess in most countries only a few languages are used. Like in The Netherlands indeed Windows will often be English or Dutch, not much else. Good enough for me.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:49






                                                          • 2




                                                            As an aside: another version in Hidden features of Windows batch files is less perfect (needs the fix for the Dutch jj, and does not enforce a 4 digit year), but uses shift to discard the day like Mon or ma. Just different.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:50






                                                          • 3




                                                            It breaks on a German system. Year and month work, but day fails because "day" starts with a "T" in German ("Tag"), not a "d". The format string in the prompt is (TT-MM-JJ), the date/t output is 23.06.2012. /cc @Arjan
                                                            – balpha
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:18






                                                          • 2




                                                            Another aside: one could also get the order from the registry, using reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /vShortDate. Beware while testing: for an open command prompt, changing that Control Panel setting also changes the format used to display the date (for both date and date /t and echo %date%), but on Windows 7 does NOT change the format for the new date! Like changing my short date format into YY/MM/dd, gets me: The current date is: 12/06/23 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy). Opening a new command prompt fixes that.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:38






                                                          • 2




                                                            @Arjan this should be reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate.
                                                            – tricasse
                                                            Nov 19 '15 at 13:31














                                                          7












                                                          7








                                                          7






                                                          I changed the answer with the batch file from vMax so it works with the Dutch language too.

                                                          The Dutch - persistent as we are - have a few changes in the %date%, date/t, and date that break the original batch-file.



                                                          It would be nice if some people can check this against other Windows locales as well, and report back the results.

                                                          If the batch-file fails at your location, then please include the output of these two statements on the command prompt:
                                                          echo:^|date
                                                          date/t



                                                          This is a sample of the output you should get from the batch-file:



                                                          C:temp>set-date-cmd.bat
                                                          Today is Year: [2011] Month: [01] Day: [03]
                                                          20110103


                                                          Here is the revised code with comments on why:



                                                          :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: 20110103 - adapted by jeroen@pluimers.com for Dutch locale
                                                          :: Dutch will get jj as year from echo:^|date, so the '%%c' trick does not work as it will fill 'jj', but we want 'yy'
                                                          :: luckily, all countries seem to have year at the end: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date
                                                          :: set '%%c'=%%k
                                                          :: set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          ::
                                                          :: In addition, date will display the current date before the input prompt using dashes
                                                          :: in Dutch, but using slashes in English, so there will be two occurances of the outer loop in Dutch
                                                          :: and one occurence in English.
                                                          :: This skips the first iteration:
                                                          :: if "%%a" GEQ "A"
                                                          ::
                                                          :: echo:^|date
                                                          :: Huidige datum: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Voer de nieuwe datum in: (dd-mm-jj)
                                                          :: The current date is: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          :: Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy)
                                                          ::
                                                          :: date/t
                                                          :: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The assumption in this batch-file is that echo:^|date will return the date format
                                                          :: using either mm and dd or dd and mm in the first two valid tokens on the second line, and the year as the last token.
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The outer loop will get the right tokens, the inner loop assigns the variables depending on the tokens.
                                                          :: That will resolve the order of the tokens.
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          set v_day=
                                                          set v_month=
                                                          set v_year=

                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                                                          ::DEBUG echo toks=%toks%
                                                          for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                                                          ::DEBUG echo first token=%%a
                                                          if "%%a" GEQ "A" (
                                                          for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                                                          set '%%a'=%%i
                                                          set '%%b'=%%j
                                                          set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                                                          set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%

                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                                                          ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]
                                                          set datestring=%V_Year%%V_Month%%V_Day%
                                                          echo %datestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen






                                                          share|improve this answer














                                                          I changed the answer with the batch file from vMax so it works with the Dutch language too.

                                                          The Dutch - persistent as we are - have a few changes in the %date%, date/t, and date that break the original batch-file.



                                                          It would be nice if some people can check this against other Windows locales as well, and report back the results.

                                                          If the batch-file fails at your location, then please include the output of these two statements on the command prompt:
                                                          echo:^|date
                                                          date/t



                                                          This is a sample of the output you should get from the batch-file:



                                                          C:temp>set-date-cmd.bat
                                                          Today is Year: [2011] Month: [01] Day: [03]
                                                          20110103


                                                          Here is the revised code with comments on why:



                                                          :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090/how-to-get-current-datetime-on-windows-command-line-in-a-suitable-format-for-usi
                                                          :: Works on any NT/2k machine independent of regional date settings
                                                          ::
                                                          :: 20110103 - adapted by jeroen@pluimers.com for Dutch locale
                                                          :: Dutch will get jj as year from echo:^|date, so the '%%c' trick does not work as it will fill 'jj', but we want 'yy'
                                                          :: luckily, all countries seem to have year at the end: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date
                                                          :: set '%%c'=%%k
                                                          :: set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          ::
                                                          :: In addition, date will display the current date before the input prompt using dashes
                                                          :: in Dutch, but using slashes in English, so there will be two occurances of the outer loop in Dutch
                                                          :: and one occurence in English.
                                                          :: This skips the first iteration:
                                                          :: if "%%a" GEQ "A"
                                                          ::
                                                          :: echo:^|date
                                                          :: Huidige datum: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Voer de nieuwe datum in: (dd-mm-jj)
                                                          :: The current date is: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          :: Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy)
                                                          ::
                                                          :: date/t
                                                          :: ma 03-01-2011
                                                          :: Mon 01/03/2011
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The assumption in this batch-file is that echo:^|date will return the date format
                                                          :: using either mm and dd or dd and mm in the first two valid tokens on the second line, and the year as the last token.
                                                          ::
                                                          :: The outer loop will get the right tokens, the inner loop assigns the variables depending on the tokens.
                                                          :: That will resolve the order of the tokens.
                                                          ::
                                                          @ECHO off
                                                          set v_day=
                                                          set v_month=
                                                          set v_year=

                                                          SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
                                                          if "%date%A" LSS "A" (set toks=1-3) else (set toks=2-4)
                                                          ::DEBUG echo toks=%toks%
                                                          for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=(-)" %%a in ('echo:^|date') do (
                                                          ::DEBUG echo first token=%%a
                                                          if "%%a" GEQ "A" (
                                                          for /f "tokens=%toks% delims=.-/ " %%i in ('date/t') do (
                                                          set '%%a'=%%i
                                                          set '%%b'=%%j
                                                          set 'yy'=%%k
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          )
                                                          if %'yy'% LSS 100 set 'yy'=20%'yy'%
                                                          set Today=%'yy'%-%'mm'%-%'dd'%

                                                          ENDLOCAL & SET v_year=%'yy'%& SET v_month=%'mm'%& SET v_day=%'dd'%

                                                          ECHO Today is Year: [%V_Year%] Month: [%V_Month%] Day: [%V_Day%]
                                                          set datestring=%V_Year%%V_Month%%V_Day%
                                                          echo %datestring%

                                                          :EOF


                                                          --jeroen







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                                                          edited May 23 '17 at 12:18









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                                                          answered Jan 3 '11 at 12:55









                                                          Jeroen Wiert Pluimers

                                                          20.6k552129




                                                          20.6k552129








                                                          • 2




                                                            Some do use years first, or lack leading zeroes; see Wikipedia's Date format by country. The French might use jj-mm-aaaa for jour, mois, annee? Italians maybe gg/mm/aaaa for giorno, mese, anno? Germans tt.mm.jjjj for Tag, Monat, Jahr? But then: I guess in most countries only a few languages are used. Like in The Netherlands indeed Windows will often be English or Dutch, not much else. Good enough for me.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:49






                                                          • 2




                                                            As an aside: another version in Hidden features of Windows batch files is less perfect (needs the fix for the Dutch jj, and does not enforce a 4 digit year), but uses shift to discard the day like Mon or ma. Just different.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:50






                                                          • 3




                                                            It breaks on a German system. Year and month work, but day fails because "day" starts with a "T" in German ("Tag"), not a "d". The format string in the prompt is (TT-MM-JJ), the date/t output is 23.06.2012. /cc @Arjan
                                                            – balpha
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:18






                                                          • 2




                                                            Another aside: one could also get the order from the registry, using reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /vShortDate. Beware while testing: for an open command prompt, changing that Control Panel setting also changes the format used to display the date (for both date and date /t and echo %date%), but on Windows 7 does NOT change the format for the new date! Like changing my short date format into YY/MM/dd, gets me: The current date is: 12/06/23 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy). Opening a new command prompt fixes that.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:38






                                                          • 2




                                                            @Arjan this should be reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate.
                                                            – tricasse
                                                            Nov 19 '15 at 13:31














                                                          • 2




                                                            Some do use years first, or lack leading zeroes; see Wikipedia's Date format by country. The French might use jj-mm-aaaa for jour, mois, annee? Italians maybe gg/mm/aaaa for giorno, mese, anno? Germans tt.mm.jjjj for Tag, Monat, Jahr? But then: I guess in most countries only a few languages are used. Like in The Netherlands indeed Windows will often be English or Dutch, not much else. Good enough for me.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:49






                                                          • 2




                                                            As an aside: another version in Hidden features of Windows batch files is less perfect (needs the fix for the Dutch jj, and does not enforce a 4 digit year), but uses shift to discard the day like Mon or ma. Just different.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 9:50






                                                          • 3




                                                            It breaks on a German system. Year and month work, but day fails because "day" starts with a "T" in German ("Tag"), not a "d". The format string in the prompt is (TT-MM-JJ), the date/t output is 23.06.2012. /cc @Arjan
                                                            – balpha
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:18






                                                          • 2




                                                            Another aside: one could also get the order from the registry, using reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /vShortDate. Beware while testing: for an open command prompt, changing that Control Panel setting also changes the format used to display the date (for both date and date /t and echo %date%), but on Windows 7 does NOT change the format for the new date! Like changing my short date format into YY/MM/dd, gets me: The current date is: 12/06/23 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy). Opening a new command prompt fixes that.
                                                            – Arjan
                                                            Jun 23 '12 at 10:38






                                                          • 2




                                                            @Arjan this should be reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate.
                                                            – tricasse
                                                            Nov 19 '15 at 13:31








                                                          2




                                                          2




                                                          Some do use years first, or lack leading zeroes; see Wikipedia's Date format by country. The French might use jj-mm-aaaa for jour, mois, annee? Italians maybe gg/mm/aaaa for giorno, mese, anno? Germans tt.mm.jjjj for Tag, Monat, Jahr? But then: I guess in most countries only a few languages are used. Like in The Netherlands indeed Windows will often be English or Dutch, not much else. Good enough for me.
                                                          – Arjan
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 9:49




                                                          Some do use years first, or lack leading zeroes; see Wikipedia's Date format by country. The French might use jj-mm-aaaa for jour, mois, annee? Italians maybe gg/mm/aaaa for giorno, mese, anno? Germans tt.mm.jjjj for Tag, Monat, Jahr? But then: I guess in most countries only a few languages are used. Like in The Netherlands indeed Windows will often be English or Dutch, not much else. Good enough for me.
                                                          – Arjan
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 9:49




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                                                          As an aside: another version in Hidden features of Windows batch files is less perfect (needs the fix for the Dutch jj, and does not enforce a 4 digit year), but uses shift to discard the day like Mon or ma. Just different.
                                                          – Arjan
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 9:50




                                                          As an aside: another version in Hidden features of Windows batch files is less perfect (needs the fix for the Dutch jj, and does not enforce a 4 digit year), but uses shift to discard the day like Mon or ma. Just different.
                                                          – Arjan
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 9:50




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                                                          It breaks on a German system. Year and month work, but day fails because "day" starts with a "T" in German ("Tag"), not a "d". The format string in the prompt is (TT-MM-JJ), the date/t output is 23.06.2012. /cc @Arjan
                                                          – balpha
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 10:18




                                                          It breaks on a German system. Year and month work, but day fails because "day" starts with a "T" in German ("Tag"), not a "d". The format string in the prompt is (TT-MM-JJ), the date/t output is 23.06.2012. /cc @Arjan
                                                          – balpha
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 10:18




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                                                          Another aside: one could also get the order from the registry, using reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /vShortDate. Beware while testing: for an open command prompt, changing that Control Panel setting also changes the format used to display the date (for both date and date /t and echo %date%), but on Windows 7 does NOT change the format for the new date! Like changing my short date format into YY/MM/dd, gets me: The current date is: 12/06/23 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy). Opening a new command prompt fixes that.
                                                          – Arjan
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 10:38




                                                          Another aside: one could also get the order from the registry, using reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /vShortDate. Beware while testing: for an open command prompt, changing that Control Panel setting also changes the format used to display the date (for both date and date /t and echo %date%), but on Windows 7 does NOT change the format for the new date! Like changing my short date format into YY/MM/dd, gets me: The current date is: 12/06/23 Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy). Opening a new command prompt fixes that.
                                                          – Arjan
                                                          Jun 23 '12 at 10:38




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                                                          @Arjan this should be reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate.
                                                          – tricasse
                                                          Nov 19 '15 at 13:31




                                                          @Arjan this should be reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate.
                                                          – tricasse
                                                          Nov 19 '15 at 13:31











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                                                          Matthew Johnson's one-liner solution to get the one-liner date and time is eloquent and useful.



                                                          It does however need a simple modification to work from within a batch file:



                                                          for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %%a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %%c-%%a-%%b %%d%%e





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                                                          • Does not work in CMD (%%a was unexpected at this time) or in PowerShell (Missing opening '(' after keyword for) on Windows 8.1
                                                            – rainabba
                                                            Jan 28 '14 at 16:28






                                                          • 3




                                                            Rainabba, that is exactly the error you get when that command is issued from the CMD line. However, "from within a batch file", the command returns "2014-01-30 1324".
                                                            – John Langstaff
                                                            Jan 30 '14 at 18:30
















                                                          7














                                                          Matthew Johnson's one-liner solution to get the one-liner date and time is eloquent and useful.



                                                          It does however need a simple modification to work from within a batch file:



                                                          for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %%a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %%c-%%a-%%b %%d%%e





                                                          share|improve this answer























                                                          • Does not work in CMD (%%a was unexpected at this time) or in PowerShell (Missing opening '(' after keyword for) on Windows 8.1
                                                            – rainabba
                                                            Jan 28 '14 at 16:28






                                                          • 3




                                                            Rainabba, that is exactly the error you get when that command is issued from the CMD line. However, "from within a batch file", the command returns "2014-01-30 1324".
                                                            – John Langstaff
                                                            Jan 30 '14 at 18:30














                                                          7












                                                          7








                                                          7






                                                          Matthew Johnson's one-liner solution to get the one-liner date and time is eloquent and useful.



                                                          It does however need a simple modification to work from within a batch file:



                                                          for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %%a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %%c-%%a-%%b %%d%%e





                                                          share|improve this answer














                                                          Matthew Johnson's one-liner solution to get the one-liner date and time is eloquent and useful.



                                                          It does however need a simple modification to work from within a batch file:



                                                          for /f "tokens=2,3,4,5,6 usebackq delims=:/ " %%a in ('%date% %time%') do echo %%c-%%a-%%b %%d%%e






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                                                          • Does not work in CMD (%%a was unexpected at this time) or in PowerShell (Missing opening '(' after keyword for) on Windows 8.1
                                                            – rainabba
                                                            Jan 28 '14 at 16:28






                                                          • 3




                                                            Rainabba, that is exactly the error you get when that command is issued from the CMD line. However, "from within a batch file", the command returns "2014-01-30 1324".
                                                            – John Langstaff
                                                            Jan 30 '14 at 18:30


















                                                          • Does not work in CMD (%%a was unexpected at this time) or in PowerShell (Missing opening '(' after keyword for) on Windows 8.1
                                                            – rainabba
                                                            Jan 28 '14 at 16:28






                                                          • 3




                                                            Rainabba, that is exactly the error you get when that command is issued from the CMD line. However, "from within a batch file", the command returns "2014-01-30 1324".
                                                            – John Langstaff
                                                            Jan 30 '14 at 18:30
















                                                          Does not work in CMD (%%a was unexpected at this time) or in PowerShell (Missing opening '(' after keyword for) on Windows 8.1
                                                          – rainabba
                                                          Jan 28 '14 at 16:28




                                                          Does not work in CMD (%%a was unexpected at this time) or in PowerShell (Missing opening '(' after keyword for) on Windows 8.1
                                                          – rainabba
                                                          Jan 28 '14 at 16:28




                                                          3




                                                          3




                                                          Rainabba, that is exactly the error you get when that command is issued from the CMD line. However, "from within a batch file", the command returns "2014-01-30 1324".
                                                          – John Langstaff
                                                          Jan 30 '14 at 18:30




                                                          Rainabba, that is exactly the error you get when that command is issued from the CMD line. However, "from within a batch file", the command returns "2014-01-30 1324".
                                                          – John Langstaff
                                                          Jan 30 '14 at 18:30











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                                                          A function that is based on wmic:



                                                          :Now  -- Gets the current date and time into separate variables
                                                          :: %~1: [out] Year
                                                          :: %~2: [out] Month
                                                          :: %~3: [out] Day
                                                          :: %~4: [out] Hour
                                                          :: %~5: [out] Minute
                                                          :: %~6: [out] Second
                                                          setlocal
                                                          for /f %%t in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr /b [0-9]') do set T=%%t
                                                          endlocal & (
                                                          if "%~1" neq "" set %~1=%T:~0,4%
                                                          if "%~2" neq "" set %~2=%T:~4,2%
                                                          if "%~3" neq "" set %~3=%T:~6,2%
                                                          if "%~4" neq "" set %~4=%T:~8,2%
                                                          if "%~5" neq "" set %~5=%T:~10,2%
                                                          if "%~6" neq "" set %~6=%T:~12,2%
                                                          )
                                                          goto:eof


                                                          Upside: Region independent. Downside: Only system administrators can run wmic.exe.



                                                          Usage:



                                                          call:Now Y M D H N S
                                                          echo %Y%-%M%-%D% %H%:%N%:%S%


                                                          This echos a string like this:



                                                          2014-01-22 12:51:53


                                                          Note that function parameters are out-Parameters - that is, you must supply variable names instead of values.



                                                          All parameters are optional, so call:Now Y M is a valid call if you only want to get year and month.






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                                                            A function that is based on wmic:



                                                            :Now  -- Gets the current date and time into separate variables
                                                            :: %~1: [out] Year
                                                            :: %~2: [out] Month
                                                            :: %~3: [out] Day
                                                            :: %~4: [out] Hour
                                                            :: %~5: [out] Minute
                                                            :: %~6: [out] Second
                                                            setlocal
                                                            for /f %%t in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr /b [0-9]') do set T=%%t
                                                            endlocal & (
                                                            if "%~1" neq "" set %~1=%T:~0,4%
                                                            if "%~2" neq "" set %~2=%T:~4,2%
                                                            if "%~3" neq "" set %~3=%T:~6,2%
                                                            if "%~4" neq "" set %~4=%T:~8,2%
                                                            if "%~5" neq "" set %~5=%T:~10,2%
                                                            if "%~6" neq "" set %~6=%T:~12,2%
                                                            )
                                                            goto:eof


                                                            Upside: Region independent. Downside: Only system administrators can run wmic.exe.



                                                            Usage:



                                                            call:Now Y M D H N S
                                                            echo %Y%-%M%-%D% %H%:%N%:%S%


                                                            This echos a string like this:



                                                            2014-01-22 12:51:53


                                                            Note that function parameters are out-Parameters - that is, you must supply variable names instead of values.



                                                            All parameters are optional, so call:Now Y M is a valid call if you only want to get year and month.






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                                                              6








                                                              6






                                                              A function that is based on wmic:



                                                              :Now  -- Gets the current date and time into separate variables
                                                              :: %~1: [out] Year
                                                              :: %~2: [out] Month
                                                              :: %~3: [out] Day
                                                              :: %~4: [out] Hour
                                                              :: %~5: [out] Minute
                                                              :: %~6: [out] Second
                                                              setlocal
                                                              for /f %%t in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr /b [0-9]') do set T=%%t
                                                              endlocal & (
                                                              if "%~1" neq "" set %~1=%T:~0,4%
                                                              if "%~2" neq "" set %~2=%T:~4,2%
                                                              if "%~3" neq "" set %~3=%T:~6,2%
                                                              if "%~4" neq "" set %~4=%T:~8,2%
                                                              if "%~5" neq "" set %~5=%T:~10,2%
                                                              if "%~6" neq "" set %~6=%T:~12,2%
                                                              )
                                                              goto:eof


                                                              Upside: Region independent. Downside: Only system administrators can run wmic.exe.



                                                              Usage:



                                                              call:Now Y M D H N S
                                                              echo %Y%-%M%-%D% %H%:%N%:%S%


                                                              This echos a string like this:



                                                              2014-01-22 12:51:53


                                                              Note that function parameters are out-Parameters - that is, you must supply variable names instead of values.



                                                              All parameters are optional, so call:Now Y M is a valid call if you only want to get year and month.






                                                              share|improve this answer














                                                              A function that is based on wmic:



                                                              :Now  -- Gets the current date and time into separate variables
                                                              :: %~1: [out] Year
                                                              :: %~2: [out] Month
                                                              :: %~3: [out] Day
                                                              :: %~4: [out] Hour
                                                              :: %~5: [out] Minute
                                                              :: %~6: [out] Second
                                                              setlocal
                                                              for /f %%t in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime ^| findstr /b [0-9]') do set T=%%t
                                                              endlocal & (
                                                              if "%~1" neq "" set %~1=%T:~0,4%
                                                              if "%~2" neq "" set %~2=%T:~4,2%
                                                              if "%~3" neq "" set %~3=%T:~6,2%
                                                              if "%~4" neq "" set %~4=%T:~8,2%
                                                              if "%~5" neq "" set %~5=%T:~10,2%
                                                              if "%~6" neq "" set %~6=%T:~12,2%
                                                              )
                                                              goto:eof


                                                              Upside: Region independent. Downside: Only system administrators can run wmic.exe.



                                                              Usage:



                                                              call:Now Y M D H N S
                                                              echo %Y%-%M%-%D% %H%:%N%:%S%


                                                              This echos a string like this:



                                                              2014-01-22 12:51:53


                                                              Note that function parameters are out-Parameters - that is, you must supply variable names instead of values.



                                                              All parameters are optional, so call:Now Y M is a valid call if you only want to get year and month.







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                                                              Peter Mortensen

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                                                              answered Jan 22 '14 at 11:59









                                                              Tomalak

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                                                                  This is what I've used:



                                                                  ::Date Variables - replace characters that are not legal as part of filesystem file names (to produce name like "backup_04.15.08.7z")
                                                                  SET DT=%date%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:/=.%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:-=.%




                                                                  If you want further ideas for automating backups to 7-Zip archives, I have a free/open project you can use or review for ideas: http://wittman.org/ziparcy/






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                                                                  • On my system %date% contains "Tue 10/14/2008". So, you'll still need to cut off (or otherwise deal with) the "Tue" and the space character.
                                                                    – BoltBait
                                                                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:34










                                                                  • Hi @micahwittman. Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                                    – kolunar
                                                                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:17
















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                                                                  This is what I've used:



                                                                  ::Date Variables - replace characters that are not legal as part of filesystem file names (to produce name like "backup_04.15.08.7z")
                                                                  SET DT=%date%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:/=.%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:-=.%




                                                                  If you want further ideas for automating backups to 7-Zip archives, I have a free/open project you can use or review for ideas: http://wittman.org/ziparcy/






                                                                  share|improve this answer























                                                                  • On my system %date% contains "Tue 10/14/2008". So, you'll still need to cut off (or otherwise deal with) the "Tue" and the space character.
                                                                    – BoltBait
                                                                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:34










                                                                  • Hi @micahwittman. Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                                    – kolunar
                                                                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:17














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                                                                  5








                                                                  5






                                                                  This is what I've used:



                                                                  ::Date Variables - replace characters that are not legal as part of filesystem file names (to produce name like "backup_04.15.08.7z")
                                                                  SET DT=%date%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:/=.%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:-=.%




                                                                  If you want further ideas for automating backups to 7-Zip archives, I have a free/open project you can use or review for ideas: http://wittman.org/ziparcy/






                                                                  share|improve this answer














                                                                  This is what I've used:



                                                                  ::Date Variables - replace characters that are not legal as part of filesystem file names (to produce name like "backup_04.15.08.7z")
                                                                  SET DT=%date%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:/=.%
                                                                  SET DT=%DT:-=.%




                                                                  If you want further ideas for automating backups to 7-Zip archives, I have a free/open project you can use or review for ideas: http://wittman.org/ziparcy/







                                                                  share|improve this answer














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                                                                  edited Jul 15 '17 at 11:40









                                                                  Peter Mortensen

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                                                                  answered Oct 14 '08 at 22:29









                                                                  micahwittman

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                                                                  • On my system %date% contains "Tue 10/14/2008". So, you'll still need to cut off (or otherwise deal with) the "Tue" and the space character.
                                                                    – BoltBait
                                                                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:34










                                                                  • Hi @micahwittman. Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                                    – kolunar
                                                                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:17


















                                                                  • On my system %date% contains "Tue 10/14/2008". So, you'll still need to cut off (or otherwise deal with) the "Tue" and the space character.
                                                                    – BoltBait
                                                                    Oct 14 '08 at 22:34










                                                                  • Hi @micahwittman. Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                                    – kolunar
                                                                    Sep 2 '15 at 13:17
















                                                                  On my system %date% contains "Tue 10/14/2008". So, you'll still need to cut off (or otherwise deal with) the "Tue" and the space character.
                                                                  – BoltBait
                                                                  Oct 14 '08 at 22:34




                                                                  On my system %date% contains "Tue 10/14/2008". So, you'll still need to cut off (or otherwise deal with) the "Tue" and the space character.
                                                                  – BoltBait
                                                                  Oct 14 '08 at 22:34












                                                                  Hi @micahwittman. Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                                  – kolunar
                                                                  Sep 2 '15 at 13:17




                                                                  Hi @micahwittman. Is it possible to load files with created date using xp_cmdshell in SQL Server ? I have tried "forfiles" command but to no avail. I have asked a question on stackoverflow, please kindly see the link @ stackoverflow.com/q/32293517/3327081
                                                                  – kolunar
                                                                  Sep 2 '15 at 13:17











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                                                                  I had a similar problem. I have an automatic daily download from an FTP server of an encrypted file. I wanted to decrypt the file using gpg, rename the file to the current date (YYYYMMDD format) and drop the decrypted file into a folder for the correct department.



                                                                  I went through several suggestions for renaming the file according to date and was having no luck until I stumbled upon this simple solution.



                                                                  for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "decrypted.txt" %%g-%%e-%%f.txt


                                                                  It worked perfectly (i.e., the filename comes out as "2011-06-14.txt").



                                                                  (Source)






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                                                                    I had a similar problem. I have an automatic daily download from an FTP server of an encrypted file. I wanted to decrypt the file using gpg, rename the file to the current date (YYYYMMDD format) and drop the decrypted file into a folder for the correct department.



                                                                    I went through several suggestions for renaming the file according to date and was having no luck until I stumbled upon this simple solution.



                                                                    for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "decrypted.txt" %%g-%%e-%%f.txt


                                                                    It worked perfectly (i.e., the filename comes out as "2011-06-14.txt").



                                                                    (Source)






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                                                                      I had a similar problem. I have an automatic daily download from an FTP server of an encrypted file. I wanted to decrypt the file using gpg, rename the file to the current date (YYYYMMDD format) and drop the decrypted file into a folder for the correct department.



                                                                      I went through several suggestions for renaming the file according to date and was having no luck until I stumbled upon this simple solution.



                                                                      for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "decrypted.txt" %%g-%%e-%%f.txt


                                                                      It worked perfectly (i.e., the filename comes out as "2011-06-14.txt").



                                                                      (Source)






                                                                      share|improve this answer














                                                                      I had a similar problem. I have an automatic daily download from an FTP server of an encrypted file. I wanted to decrypt the file using gpg, rename the file to the current date (YYYYMMDD format) and drop the decrypted file into a folder for the correct department.



                                                                      I went through several suggestions for renaming the file according to date and was having no luck until I stumbled upon this simple solution.



                                                                      for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=/ " %%d in ("%date%") do rename "decrypted.txt" %%g-%%e-%%f.txt


                                                                      It worked perfectly (i.e., the filename comes out as "2011-06-14.txt").



                                                                      (Source)







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                                                                      bluish

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                                                                      answered Jun 14 '11 at 19:02









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                                                                          http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/



                                                                          Look inside the ZIP file for something called "Date.exe" and rename it "DateFormat.exe" (to avoid conflicts).



                                                                          Put it in your Windows system32 folder.



                                                                          It has a lot of "date output" options.



                                                                          For help, use DateFormat.exe --h



                                                                          I'm not sure how you would put its output into an environment variable... using SET.






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                                                                            Thanks, although this question is specifically for doing it without downloading additional tools.
                                                                            – Rory
                                                                            Oct 31 '10 at 12:22
















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                                                                          http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/



                                                                          Look inside the ZIP file for something called "Date.exe" and rename it "DateFormat.exe" (to avoid conflicts).



                                                                          Put it in your Windows system32 folder.



                                                                          It has a lot of "date output" options.



                                                                          For help, use DateFormat.exe --h



                                                                          I'm not sure how you would put its output into an environment variable... using SET.






                                                                          share|improve this answer



















                                                                          • 1




                                                                            Thanks, although this question is specifically for doing it without downloading additional tools.
                                                                            – Rory
                                                                            Oct 31 '10 at 12:22














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                                                                          http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/



                                                                          Look inside the ZIP file for something called "Date.exe" and rename it "DateFormat.exe" (to avoid conflicts).



                                                                          Put it in your Windows system32 folder.



                                                                          It has a lot of "date output" options.



                                                                          For help, use DateFormat.exe --h



                                                                          I'm not sure how you would put its output into an environment variable... using SET.






                                                                          share|improve this answer














                                                                          http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/



                                                                          Look inside the ZIP file for something called "Date.exe" and rename it "DateFormat.exe" (to avoid conflicts).



                                                                          Put it in your Windows system32 folder.



                                                                          It has a lot of "date output" options.



                                                                          For help, use DateFormat.exe --h



                                                                          I'm not sure how you would put its output into an environment variable... using SET.







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                                                                          edited Jul 15 '17 at 17:40









                                                                          Peter Mortensen

                                                                          13.4k1983111




                                                                          13.4k1983111










                                                                          answered Oct 31 '10 at 4:45









                                                                          Sally

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                                                                          • 1




                                                                            Thanks, although this question is specifically for doing it without downloading additional tools.
                                                                            – Rory
                                                                            Oct 31 '10 at 12:22














                                                                          • 1




                                                                            Thanks, although this question is specifically for doing it without downloading additional tools.
                                                                            – Rory
                                                                            Oct 31 '10 at 12:22








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                                                                          Thanks, although this question is specifically for doing it without downloading additional tools.
                                                                          – Rory
                                                                          Oct 31 '10 at 12:22




                                                                          Thanks, although this question is specifically for doing it without downloading additional tools.
                                                                          – Rory
                                                                          Oct 31 '10 at 12:22











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                                                                          Regional independent solution generating the ISO date format:



                                                                          rem save the existing format definition
                                                                          for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %%a in ('reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate') do set FORMAT=%%a
                                                                          rem set ISO specific format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d yyyy-MM-dd 1>nul:
                                                                          rem query the date in the ISO specific format
                                                                          set ISODATE=%DATE%
                                                                          rem restore previous format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d %FORMAT% 1>nul:


                                                                          What could still be optimized:
                                                                          Other processes might get confused if using the date format in the short period while it is modified. So parsing the output according to the existing format string could be 'safer' - but will be more complicated






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                                                                          • you could reg query iDate (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978637.aspx) and conditionally proceed (3 possible values according to technet) - although I have not tried this yet.
                                                                            – Vincent De Smet
                                                                            May 5 '12 at 19:08


















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                                                                          Regional independent solution generating the ISO date format:



                                                                          rem save the existing format definition
                                                                          for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %%a in ('reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate') do set FORMAT=%%a
                                                                          rem set ISO specific format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d yyyy-MM-dd 1>nul:
                                                                          rem query the date in the ISO specific format
                                                                          set ISODATE=%DATE%
                                                                          rem restore previous format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d %FORMAT% 1>nul:


                                                                          What could still be optimized:
                                                                          Other processes might get confused if using the date format in the short period while it is modified. So parsing the output according to the existing format string could be 'safer' - but will be more complicated






                                                                          share|improve this answer





















                                                                          • you could reg query iDate (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978637.aspx) and conditionally proceed (3 possible values according to technet) - although I have not tried this yet.
                                                                            – Vincent De Smet
                                                                            May 5 '12 at 19:08
















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                                                                          3








                                                                          3






                                                                          Regional independent solution generating the ISO date format:



                                                                          rem save the existing format definition
                                                                          for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %%a in ('reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate') do set FORMAT=%%a
                                                                          rem set ISO specific format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d yyyy-MM-dd 1>nul:
                                                                          rem query the date in the ISO specific format
                                                                          set ISODATE=%DATE%
                                                                          rem restore previous format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d %FORMAT% 1>nul:


                                                                          What could still be optimized:
                                                                          Other processes might get confused if using the date format in the short period while it is modified. So parsing the output according to the existing format string could be 'safer' - but will be more complicated






                                                                          share|improve this answer












                                                                          Regional independent solution generating the ISO date format:



                                                                          rem save the existing format definition
                                                                          for /f "skip=2 tokens=3" %%a in ('reg query "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate') do set FORMAT=%%a
                                                                          rem set ISO specific format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d yyyy-MM-dd 1>nul:
                                                                          rem query the date in the ISO specific format
                                                                          set ISODATE=%DATE%
                                                                          rem restore previous format definition
                                                                          reg add "HKCUControl PanelInternational" /v sShortDate /t REG_SZ /f /d %FORMAT% 1>nul:


                                                                          What could still be optimized:
                                                                          Other processes might get confused if using the date format in the short period while it is modified. So parsing the output according to the existing format string could be 'safer' - but will be more complicated







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                                                                          • you could reg query iDate (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978637.aspx) and conditionally proceed (3 possible values according to technet) - although I have not tried this yet.
                                                                            – Vincent De Smet
                                                                            May 5 '12 at 19:08




















                                                                          • you could reg query iDate (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978637.aspx) and conditionally proceed (3 possible values according to technet) - although I have not tried this yet.
                                                                            – Vincent De Smet
                                                                            May 5 '12 at 19:08


















                                                                          you could reg query iDate (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978637.aspx) and conditionally proceed (3 possible values according to technet) - although I have not tried this yet.
                                                                          – Vincent De Smet
                                                                          May 5 '12 at 19:08






                                                                          you could reg query iDate (technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc978637.aspx) and conditionally proceed (3 possible values according to technet) - although I have not tried this yet.
                                                                          – Vincent De Smet
                                                                          May 5 '12 at 19:08













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                                                                          :: GetDate.cmd -> Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                          :: - Sets environment variables %_isotime% and %_now% to current time
                                                                          :: - On failure, clears these environment variables
                                                                          :: Inspired on -> https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-getdate.html
                                                                          :: - (cX) 2017 adolfo.dimare@gmail.com
                                                                          :: - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090
                                                                          @echo off

                                                                          set _isotime=
                                                                          set _now=

                                                                          :: Check that WMIC.exe is available
                                                                          WMIC.exe Alias /? >NUL 2>&1 || goto _WMIC_MISSING_

                                                                          if not (%1)==() goto _help
                                                                          SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

                                                                          :: Use WMIC.exe to retrieve date and time
                                                                          FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%G IN ('WMIC.exe Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') DO (
                                                                          IF "%%~L"=="" goto _WMIC_done_
                                                                          set _yyyy=%%L
                                                                          set _mm=00%%J
                                                                          set _dd=00%%G
                                                                          set _hour=00%%H
                                                                          set _minute=00%%I
                                                                          set _second=00%%K
                                                                          )
                                                                          :_WMIC_done_

                                                                          :: 1 2 3 4 5 6
                                                                          :: %%G %%H %%I %%J %%K %%L
                                                                          :: Day Hour Minute Month Second Year
                                                                          :: 27 9 35 4 38 2017

                                                                          :: Remove excess leading zeroes
                                                                          set _mm=%_mm:~-2%
                                                                          set _dd=%_dd:~-2%
                                                                          set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                          set _minute=%_minute:~-2%
                                                                          set _second=%_second:~-2%
                                                                          :: Syntax -> %variable:~num_chars_to_skip,num_chars_to_keep%

                                                                          :: Set date/time in ISO 8601 format:
                                                                          Set _isotime=%_yyyy%-%_mm%-%_dd%T%_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%
                                                                          :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=ISO+8601+format

                                                                          if 1%_hour% LSS 112 set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%am
                                                                          if 1%_hour% LSS 112 goto _skip_12_
                                                                          set /a _hour=1%_hour%-12
                                                                          set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                          set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%pm
                                                                          :: -> https://ss64.com/nt/if.html
                                                                          :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=SetLocal+EndLocal+Windows
                                                                          :: 'if () else ()' will NOT set %_now% correctly !?
                                                                          :_skip_12_

                                                                          EndLocal & set _isotime=%_isotime% & set _now=%_now%
                                                                          goto _out

                                                                          :_WMIC_MISSING_
                                                                          echo.
                                                                          echo WMIC.exe command not available
                                                                          echo - WMIC.exe needs Administrator privileges to run in Windows
                                                                          echo - Usually the path to WMIC.exe is "%windir%System32wbemWMIC.exe"

                                                                          :_help
                                                                          echo.
                                                                          echo GetDate.cmd: Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                          echo.
                                                                          echo %%_now%% environment variable set to current date and time
                                                                          echo %%_isotime%% environment variable to current time in ISO format
                                                                          echo set _today=%%_isotime:~0,10%%
                                                                          echo.

                                                                          :_out
                                                                          :: EOF: GetDate.cmd





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                                                                            :: GetDate.cmd -> Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                            :: - Sets environment variables %_isotime% and %_now% to current time
                                                                            :: - On failure, clears these environment variables
                                                                            :: Inspired on -> https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-getdate.html
                                                                            :: - (cX) 2017 adolfo.dimare@gmail.com
                                                                            :: - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090
                                                                            @echo off

                                                                            set _isotime=
                                                                            set _now=

                                                                            :: Check that WMIC.exe is available
                                                                            WMIC.exe Alias /? >NUL 2>&1 || goto _WMIC_MISSING_

                                                                            if not (%1)==() goto _help
                                                                            SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

                                                                            :: Use WMIC.exe to retrieve date and time
                                                                            FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%G IN ('WMIC.exe Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') DO (
                                                                            IF "%%~L"=="" goto _WMIC_done_
                                                                            set _yyyy=%%L
                                                                            set _mm=00%%J
                                                                            set _dd=00%%G
                                                                            set _hour=00%%H
                                                                            set _minute=00%%I
                                                                            set _second=00%%K
                                                                            )
                                                                            :_WMIC_done_

                                                                            :: 1 2 3 4 5 6
                                                                            :: %%G %%H %%I %%J %%K %%L
                                                                            :: Day Hour Minute Month Second Year
                                                                            :: 27 9 35 4 38 2017

                                                                            :: Remove excess leading zeroes
                                                                            set _mm=%_mm:~-2%
                                                                            set _dd=%_dd:~-2%
                                                                            set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                            set _minute=%_minute:~-2%
                                                                            set _second=%_second:~-2%
                                                                            :: Syntax -> %variable:~num_chars_to_skip,num_chars_to_keep%

                                                                            :: Set date/time in ISO 8601 format:
                                                                            Set _isotime=%_yyyy%-%_mm%-%_dd%T%_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%
                                                                            :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=ISO+8601+format

                                                                            if 1%_hour% LSS 112 set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%am
                                                                            if 1%_hour% LSS 112 goto _skip_12_
                                                                            set /a _hour=1%_hour%-12
                                                                            set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                            set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%pm
                                                                            :: -> https://ss64.com/nt/if.html
                                                                            :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=SetLocal+EndLocal+Windows
                                                                            :: 'if () else ()' will NOT set %_now% correctly !?
                                                                            :_skip_12_

                                                                            EndLocal & set _isotime=%_isotime% & set _now=%_now%
                                                                            goto _out

                                                                            :_WMIC_MISSING_
                                                                            echo.
                                                                            echo WMIC.exe command not available
                                                                            echo - WMIC.exe needs Administrator privileges to run in Windows
                                                                            echo - Usually the path to WMIC.exe is "%windir%System32wbemWMIC.exe"

                                                                            :_help
                                                                            echo.
                                                                            echo GetDate.cmd: Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                            echo.
                                                                            echo %%_now%% environment variable set to current date and time
                                                                            echo %%_isotime%% environment variable to current time in ISO format
                                                                            echo set _today=%%_isotime:~0,10%%
                                                                            echo.

                                                                            :_out
                                                                            :: EOF: GetDate.cmd





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                                                                              :: GetDate.cmd -> Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                              :: - Sets environment variables %_isotime% and %_now% to current time
                                                                              :: - On failure, clears these environment variables
                                                                              :: Inspired on -> https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-getdate.html
                                                                              :: - (cX) 2017 adolfo.dimare@gmail.com
                                                                              :: - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090
                                                                              @echo off

                                                                              set _isotime=
                                                                              set _now=

                                                                              :: Check that WMIC.exe is available
                                                                              WMIC.exe Alias /? >NUL 2>&1 || goto _WMIC_MISSING_

                                                                              if not (%1)==() goto _help
                                                                              SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

                                                                              :: Use WMIC.exe to retrieve date and time
                                                                              FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%G IN ('WMIC.exe Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') DO (
                                                                              IF "%%~L"=="" goto _WMIC_done_
                                                                              set _yyyy=%%L
                                                                              set _mm=00%%J
                                                                              set _dd=00%%G
                                                                              set _hour=00%%H
                                                                              set _minute=00%%I
                                                                              set _second=00%%K
                                                                              )
                                                                              :_WMIC_done_

                                                                              :: 1 2 3 4 5 6
                                                                              :: %%G %%H %%I %%J %%K %%L
                                                                              :: Day Hour Minute Month Second Year
                                                                              :: 27 9 35 4 38 2017

                                                                              :: Remove excess leading zeroes
                                                                              set _mm=%_mm:~-2%
                                                                              set _dd=%_dd:~-2%
                                                                              set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                              set _minute=%_minute:~-2%
                                                                              set _second=%_second:~-2%
                                                                              :: Syntax -> %variable:~num_chars_to_skip,num_chars_to_keep%

                                                                              :: Set date/time in ISO 8601 format:
                                                                              Set _isotime=%_yyyy%-%_mm%-%_dd%T%_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%
                                                                              :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=ISO+8601+format

                                                                              if 1%_hour% LSS 112 set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%am
                                                                              if 1%_hour% LSS 112 goto _skip_12_
                                                                              set /a _hour=1%_hour%-12
                                                                              set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                              set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%pm
                                                                              :: -> https://ss64.com/nt/if.html
                                                                              :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=SetLocal+EndLocal+Windows
                                                                              :: 'if () else ()' will NOT set %_now% correctly !?
                                                                              :_skip_12_

                                                                              EndLocal & set _isotime=%_isotime% & set _now=%_now%
                                                                              goto _out

                                                                              :_WMIC_MISSING_
                                                                              echo.
                                                                              echo WMIC.exe command not available
                                                                              echo - WMIC.exe needs Administrator privileges to run in Windows
                                                                              echo - Usually the path to WMIC.exe is "%windir%System32wbemWMIC.exe"

                                                                              :_help
                                                                              echo.
                                                                              echo GetDate.cmd: Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                              echo.
                                                                              echo %%_now%% environment variable set to current date and time
                                                                              echo %%_isotime%% environment variable to current time in ISO format
                                                                              echo set _today=%%_isotime:~0,10%%
                                                                              echo.

                                                                              :_out
                                                                              :: EOF: GetDate.cmd





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                                                                              :: GetDate.cmd -> Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                              :: - Sets environment variables %_isotime% and %_now% to current time
                                                                              :: - On failure, clears these environment variables
                                                                              :: Inspired on -> https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-getdate.html
                                                                              :: - (cX) 2017 adolfo.dimare@gmail.com
                                                                              :: - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/203090
                                                                              @echo off

                                                                              set _isotime=
                                                                              set _now=

                                                                              :: Check that WMIC.exe is available
                                                                              WMIC.exe Alias /? >NUL 2>&1 || goto _WMIC_MISSING_

                                                                              if not (%1)==() goto _help
                                                                              SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion

                                                                              :: Use WMIC.exe to retrieve date and time
                                                                              FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%G IN ('WMIC.exe Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') DO (
                                                                              IF "%%~L"=="" goto _WMIC_done_
                                                                              set _yyyy=%%L
                                                                              set _mm=00%%J
                                                                              set _dd=00%%G
                                                                              set _hour=00%%H
                                                                              set _minute=00%%I
                                                                              set _second=00%%K
                                                                              )
                                                                              :_WMIC_done_

                                                                              :: 1 2 3 4 5 6
                                                                              :: %%G %%H %%I %%J %%K %%L
                                                                              :: Day Hour Minute Month Second Year
                                                                              :: 27 9 35 4 38 2017

                                                                              :: Remove excess leading zeroes
                                                                              set _mm=%_mm:~-2%
                                                                              set _dd=%_dd:~-2%
                                                                              set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                              set _minute=%_minute:~-2%
                                                                              set _second=%_second:~-2%
                                                                              :: Syntax -> %variable:~num_chars_to_skip,num_chars_to_keep%

                                                                              :: Set date/time in ISO 8601 format:
                                                                              Set _isotime=%_yyyy%-%_mm%-%_dd%T%_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%
                                                                              :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=ISO+8601+format

                                                                              if 1%_hour% LSS 112 set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%am
                                                                              if 1%_hour% LSS 112 goto _skip_12_
                                                                              set /a _hour=1%_hour%-12
                                                                              set _hour=%_hour:~-2%
                                                                              set _now=%_isotime:~0,10% %_hour%:%_minute%:%_second%pm
                                                                              :: -> https://ss64.com/nt/if.html
                                                                              :: -> http://google.com/search?num=100&q=SetLocal+EndLocal+Windows
                                                                              :: 'if () else ()' will NOT set %_now% correctly !?
                                                                              :_skip_12_

                                                                              EndLocal & set _isotime=%_isotime% & set _now=%_now%
                                                                              goto _out

                                                                              :_WMIC_MISSING_
                                                                              echo.
                                                                              echo WMIC.exe command not available
                                                                              echo - WMIC.exe needs Administrator privileges to run in Windows
                                                                              echo - Usually the path to WMIC.exe is "%windir%System32wbemWMIC.exe"

                                                                              :_help
                                                                              echo.
                                                                              echo GetDate.cmd: Uses WMIC.exe to get current date and time in ISO 8601 format
                                                                              echo.
                                                                              echo %%_now%% environment variable set to current date and time
                                                                              echo %%_isotime%% environment variable to current time in ISO format
                                                                              echo set _today=%%_isotime:~0,10%%
                                                                              echo.

                                                                              :_out
                                                                              :: EOF: GetDate.cmd






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                                                                                  Given a known locality, for reference in functional form. The ECHOTIMESTAMP call shows how to get the timestamp into a variable (DTS in this example.)



                                                                                  @ECHO off

                                                                                  CALL :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  GOTO END

                                                                                  :TIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
                                                                                  SET DATESTAMP=!DATE:~10,4!-!DATE:~4,2!-!DATE:~7,2!
                                                                                  SET TIMESTAMP=!TIME:~0,2!-!TIME:~3,2!-!TIME:~6,2!
                                                                                  SET DTS=!DATESTAMP: =0!-!TIMESTAMP: =0!
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL & SET "%~1=%DTS%"
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL
                                                                                  CALL :TIMESTAMP DTS
                                                                                  ECHO %DTS%
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :END

                                                                                  EXIT /b 0


                                                                                  And saved to file, timestamp.bat, here's the output:



                                                                                  enter image description here






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                                                                                  • It seems that this comes with the regional issue - this doesn't work in all English machines.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 1:11










                                                                                  • Not surprised, @SteveFest . If it were possible to temporarily set the locale, that might help to provide a global solution, but it seems it's necessary to the know the region in advance. Is your locale en-US or en-SomewhereElse?
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:01












                                                                                  • Mine is zh-HK, with edited date time format
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:02












                                                                                  • @SteveFest I suppose it would be possible to build up a list of locales where each includes date/time expressions with a sample to validate. I'm super busy, but I'll try to update my answer to illustrate. Could you show me samples of the HK time/date outputs? I may be foolishly assuming zh-HK prints digits at fixed offsets.
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:10










                                                                                  • zh-HK: (yy)yy年m月d日 hh:mm - no leading zeros. (yy) could be ignore as we have 2 digit year, or 4 digit year. But please note one thing: the date time format can be changed per machine.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:42
















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                                                                                  Given a known locality, for reference in functional form. The ECHOTIMESTAMP call shows how to get the timestamp into a variable (DTS in this example.)



                                                                                  @ECHO off

                                                                                  CALL :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  GOTO END

                                                                                  :TIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
                                                                                  SET DATESTAMP=!DATE:~10,4!-!DATE:~4,2!-!DATE:~7,2!
                                                                                  SET TIMESTAMP=!TIME:~0,2!-!TIME:~3,2!-!TIME:~6,2!
                                                                                  SET DTS=!DATESTAMP: =0!-!TIMESTAMP: =0!
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL & SET "%~1=%DTS%"
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL
                                                                                  CALL :TIMESTAMP DTS
                                                                                  ECHO %DTS%
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :END

                                                                                  EXIT /b 0


                                                                                  And saved to file, timestamp.bat, here's the output:



                                                                                  enter image description here






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                                                                                  • It seems that this comes with the regional issue - this doesn't work in all English machines.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 1:11










                                                                                  • Not surprised, @SteveFest . If it were possible to temporarily set the locale, that might help to provide a global solution, but it seems it's necessary to the know the region in advance. Is your locale en-US or en-SomewhereElse?
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:01












                                                                                  • Mine is zh-HK, with edited date time format
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:02












                                                                                  • @SteveFest I suppose it would be possible to build up a list of locales where each includes date/time expressions with a sample to validate. I'm super busy, but I'll try to update my answer to illustrate. Could you show me samples of the HK time/date outputs? I may be foolishly assuming zh-HK prints digits at fixed offsets.
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:10










                                                                                  • zh-HK: (yy)yy年m月d日 hh:mm - no leading zeros. (yy) could be ignore as we have 2 digit year, or 4 digit year. But please note one thing: the date time format can be changed per machine.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:42














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                                                                                  Given a known locality, for reference in functional form. The ECHOTIMESTAMP call shows how to get the timestamp into a variable (DTS in this example.)



                                                                                  @ECHO off

                                                                                  CALL :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  GOTO END

                                                                                  :TIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
                                                                                  SET DATESTAMP=!DATE:~10,4!-!DATE:~4,2!-!DATE:~7,2!
                                                                                  SET TIMESTAMP=!TIME:~0,2!-!TIME:~3,2!-!TIME:~6,2!
                                                                                  SET DTS=!DATESTAMP: =0!-!TIMESTAMP: =0!
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL & SET "%~1=%DTS%"
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL
                                                                                  CALL :TIMESTAMP DTS
                                                                                  ECHO %DTS%
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :END

                                                                                  EXIT /b 0


                                                                                  And saved to file, timestamp.bat, here's the output:



                                                                                  enter image description here






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                                                                                  Given a known locality, for reference in functional form. The ECHOTIMESTAMP call shows how to get the timestamp into a variable (DTS in this example.)



                                                                                  @ECHO off

                                                                                  CALL :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  GOTO END

                                                                                  :TIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
                                                                                  SET DATESTAMP=!DATE:~10,4!-!DATE:~4,2!-!DATE:~7,2!
                                                                                  SET TIMESTAMP=!TIME:~0,2!-!TIME:~3,2!-!TIME:~6,2!
                                                                                  SET DTS=!DATESTAMP: =0!-!TIMESTAMP: =0!
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL & SET "%~1=%DTS%"
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :ECHOTIMESTAMP
                                                                                  SETLOCAL
                                                                                  CALL :TIMESTAMP DTS
                                                                                  ECHO %DTS%
                                                                                  ENDLOCAL
                                                                                  GOTO :EOF

                                                                                  :END

                                                                                  EXIT /b 0


                                                                                  And saved to file, timestamp.bat, here's the output:



                                                                                  enter image description here







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                                                                                  answered Aug 11 '16 at 20:07









                                                                                  bvj

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                                                                                  • It seems that this comes with the regional issue - this doesn't work in all English machines.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 1:11










                                                                                  • Not surprised, @SteveFest . If it were possible to temporarily set the locale, that might help to provide a global solution, but it seems it's necessary to the know the region in advance. Is your locale en-US or en-SomewhereElse?
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:01












                                                                                  • Mine is zh-HK, with edited date time format
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:02












                                                                                  • @SteveFest I suppose it would be possible to build up a list of locales where each includes date/time expressions with a sample to validate. I'm super busy, but I'll try to update my answer to illustrate. Could you show me samples of the HK time/date outputs? I may be foolishly assuming zh-HK prints digits at fixed offsets.
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:10










                                                                                  • zh-HK: (yy)yy年m月d日 hh:mm - no leading zeros. (yy) could be ignore as we have 2 digit year, or 4 digit year. But please note one thing: the date time format can be changed per machine.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:42


















                                                                                  • It seems that this comes with the regional issue - this doesn't work in all English machines.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 1:11










                                                                                  • Not surprised, @SteveFest . If it were possible to temporarily set the locale, that might help to provide a global solution, but it seems it's necessary to the know the region in advance. Is your locale en-US or en-SomewhereElse?
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:01












                                                                                  • Mine is zh-HK, with edited date time format
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 21 '17 at 7:02












                                                                                  • @SteveFest I suppose it would be possible to build up a list of locales where each includes date/time expressions with a sample to validate. I'm super busy, but I'll try to update my answer to illustrate. Could you show me samples of the HK time/date outputs? I may be foolishly assuming zh-HK prints digits at fixed offsets.
                                                                                    – bvj
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:10










                                                                                  • zh-HK: (yy)yy年m月d日 hh:mm - no leading zeros. (yy) could be ignore as we have 2 digit year, or 4 digit year. But please note one thing: the date time format can be changed per machine.
                                                                                    – SteveFest
                                                                                    Jul 23 '17 at 4:42
















                                                                                  It seems that this comes with the regional issue - this doesn't work in all English machines.
                                                                                  – SteveFest
                                                                                  Jul 21 '17 at 1:11




                                                                                  It seems that this comes with the regional issue - this doesn't work in all English machines.
                                                                                  – SteveFest
                                                                                  Jul 21 '17 at 1:11












                                                                                  Not surprised, @SteveFest . If it were possible to temporarily set the locale, that might help to provide a global solution, but it seems it's necessary to the know the region in advance. Is your locale en-US or en-SomewhereElse?
                                                                                  – bvj
                                                                                  Jul 21 '17 at 7:01






                                                                                  Not surprised, @SteveFest . If it were possible to temporarily set the locale, that might help to provide a global solution, but it seems it's necessary to the know the region in advance. Is your locale en-US or en-SomewhereElse?
                                                                                  – bvj
                                                                                  Jul 21 '17 at 7:01














                                                                                  Mine is zh-HK, with edited date time format
                                                                                  – SteveFest
                                                                                  Jul 21 '17 at 7:02






                                                                                  Mine is zh-HK, with edited date time format
                                                                                  – SteveFest
                                                                                  Jul 21 '17 at 7:02














                                                                                  @SteveFest I suppose it would be possible to build up a list of locales where each includes date/time expressions with a sample to validate. I'm super busy, but I'll try to update my answer to illustrate. Could you show me samples of the HK time/date outputs? I may be foolishly assuming zh-HK prints digits at fixed offsets.
                                                                                  – bvj
                                                                                  Jul 23 '17 at 4:10




                                                                                  @SteveFest I suppose it would be possible to build up a list of locales where each includes date/time expressions with a sample to validate. I'm super busy, but I'll try to update my answer to illustrate. Could you show me samples of the HK time/date outputs? I may be foolishly assuming zh-HK prints digits at fixed offsets.
                                                                                  – bvj
                                                                                  Jul 23 '17 at 4:10












                                                                                  zh-HK: (yy)yy年m月d日 hh:mm - no leading zeros. (yy) could be ignore as we have 2 digit year, or 4 digit year. But please note one thing: the date time format can be changed per machine.
                                                                                  – SteveFest
                                                                                  Jul 23 '17 at 4:42




                                                                                  zh-HK: (yy)yy年m月d日 hh:mm - no leading zeros. (yy) could be ignore as we have 2 digit year, or 4 digit year. But please note one thing: the date time format can be changed per machine.
                                                                                  – SteveFest
                                                                                  Jul 23 '17 at 4:42











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                                                                                  With Windows 7, this code works for me:



                                                                                  SET DATE=%date%
                                                                                  SET YEAR=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  SET MONTH=%DATE:~5,2%
                                                                                  SET DAY=%DATE:~8,2%
                                                                                  ECHO %YEAR%
                                                                                  ECHO %MONTH%
                                                                                  ECHO %DAY%

                                                                                  SET DATE_FRM=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%
                                                                                  ECHO %DATE_FRM%





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                                                                                  • And again. It's nice that it works on your machine, but you missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:06










                                                                                  • Ok, but others example don't work at all for me
                                                                                    – Frizz1977
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:30
















                                                                                  0














                                                                                  With Windows 7, this code works for me:



                                                                                  SET DATE=%date%
                                                                                  SET YEAR=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  SET MONTH=%DATE:~5,2%
                                                                                  SET DAY=%DATE:~8,2%
                                                                                  ECHO %YEAR%
                                                                                  ECHO %MONTH%
                                                                                  ECHO %DAY%

                                                                                  SET DATE_FRM=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%
                                                                                  ECHO %DATE_FRM%





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                                                                                  • And again. It's nice that it works on your machine, but you missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:06










                                                                                  • Ok, but others example don't work at all for me
                                                                                    – Frizz1977
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:30














                                                                                  0












                                                                                  0








                                                                                  0






                                                                                  With Windows 7, this code works for me:



                                                                                  SET DATE=%date%
                                                                                  SET YEAR=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  SET MONTH=%DATE:~5,2%
                                                                                  SET DAY=%DATE:~8,2%
                                                                                  ECHO %YEAR%
                                                                                  ECHO %MONTH%
                                                                                  ECHO %DAY%

                                                                                  SET DATE_FRM=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%
                                                                                  ECHO %DATE_FRM%





                                                                                  share|improve this answer














                                                                                  With Windows 7, this code works for me:



                                                                                  SET DATE=%date%
                                                                                  SET YEAR=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  SET MONTH=%DATE:~5,2%
                                                                                  SET DAY=%DATE:~8,2%
                                                                                  ECHO %YEAR%
                                                                                  ECHO %MONTH%
                                                                                  ECHO %DAY%

                                                                                  SET DATE_FRM=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%
                                                                                  ECHO %DATE_FRM%






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                                                                                  edited Mar 30 '17 at 20:40









                                                                                  Burgi

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                                                                                  answered Aug 16 '16 at 10:44









                                                                                  Frizz1977

                                                                                  659917




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                                                                                  • And again. It's nice that it works on your machine, but you missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:06










                                                                                  • Ok, but others example don't work at all for me
                                                                                    – Frizz1977
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:30


















                                                                                  • And again. It's nice that it works on your machine, but you missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:06










                                                                                  • Ok, but others example don't work at all for me
                                                                                    – Frizz1977
                                                                                    Aug 16 '16 at 11:30
















                                                                                  And again. It's nice that it works on your machine, but you missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Aug 16 '16 at 11:06




                                                                                  And again. It's nice that it works on your machine, but you missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Aug 16 '16 at 11:06












                                                                                  Ok, but others example don't work at all for me
                                                                                  – Frizz1977
                                                                                  Aug 16 '16 at 11:30




                                                                                  Ok, but others example don't work at all for me
                                                                                  – Frizz1977
                                                                                  Aug 16 '16 at 11:30











                                                                                  -2














                                                                                  I know that there are numerous ways mentioned already. But here is my way to break it down to understand how it is done. Hopefully, it is helpful for someone who like step by step method.



                                                                                  :: Check your local date format
                                                                                  echo %date%

                                                                                  :: Output is Mon 08/15/2016

                                                                                  :: get day (start index, number of characters)
                                                                                  :: (index starts with zero)
                                                                                  set myday=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  echo %myday%
                                                                                  :: output is Mon

                                                                                  :: get month
                                                                                  set mymonth=%DATE:~4,2%
                                                                                  echo %mymonth%
                                                                                  :: output is 08

                                                                                  :: get date
                                                                                  set mydate=%DATE:~7,2%
                                                                                  echo %mydate%
                                                                                  :: output is 15

                                                                                  :: get year
                                                                                  set myyear=%DATE:~10,4%
                                                                                  echo %myyear%
                                                                                  :: output is 2016





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                                                                                  • 3




                                                                                    You missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 15 '16 at 16:13
















                                                                                  -2














                                                                                  I know that there are numerous ways mentioned already. But here is my way to break it down to understand how it is done. Hopefully, it is helpful for someone who like step by step method.



                                                                                  :: Check your local date format
                                                                                  echo %date%

                                                                                  :: Output is Mon 08/15/2016

                                                                                  :: get day (start index, number of characters)
                                                                                  :: (index starts with zero)
                                                                                  set myday=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  echo %myday%
                                                                                  :: output is Mon

                                                                                  :: get month
                                                                                  set mymonth=%DATE:~4,2%
                                                                                  echo %mymonth%
                                                                                  :: output is 08

                                                                                  :: get date
                                                                                  set mydate=%DATE:~7,2%
                                                                                  echo %mydate%
                                                                                  :: output is 15

                                                                                  :: get year
                                                                                  set myyear=%DATE:~10,4%
                                                                                  echo %myyear%
                                                                                  :: output is 2016





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                                                                                  • 3




                                                                                    You missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 15 '16 at 16:13














                                                                                  -2












                                                                                  -2








                                                                                  -2






                                                                                  I know that there are numerous ways mentioned already. But here is my way to break it down to understand how it is done. Hopefully, it is helpful for someone who like step by step method.



                                                                                  :: Check your local date format
                                                                                  echo %date%

                                                                                  :: Output is Mon 08/15/2016

                                                                                  :: get day (start index, number of characters)
                                                                                  :: (index starts with zero)
                                                                                  set myday=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  echo %myday%
                                                                                  :: output is Mon

                                                                                  :: get month
                                                                                  set mymonth=%DATE:~4,2%
                                                                                  echo %mymonth%
                                                                                  :: output is 08

                                                                                  :: get date
                                                                                  set mydate=%DATE:~7,2%
                                                                                  echo %mydate%
                                                                                  :: output is 15

                                                                                  :: get year
                                                                                  set myyear=%DATE:~10,4%
                                                                                  echo %myyear%
                                                                                  :: output is 2016





                                                                                  share|improve this answer












                                                                                  I know that there are numerous ways mentioned already. But here is my way to break it down to understand how it is done. Hopefully, it is helpful for someone who like step by step method.



                                                                                  :: Check your local date format
                                                                                  echo %date%

                                                                                  :: Output is Mon 08/15/2016

                                                                                  :: get day (start index, number of characters)
                                                                                  :: (index starts with zero)
                                                                                  set myday=%DATE:~0,4%
                                                                                  echo %myday%
                                                                                  :: output is Mon

                                                                                  :: get month
                                                                                  set mymonth=%DATE:~4,2%
                                                                                  echo %mymonth%
                                                                                  :: output is 08

                                                                                  :: get date
                                                                                  set mydate=%DATE:~7,2%
                                                                                  echo %mydate%
                                                                                  :: output is 15

                                                                                  :: get year
                                                                                  set myyear=%DATE:~10,4%
                                                                                  echo %myyear%
                                                                                  :: output is 2016






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                                                                                  answered Aug 15 '16 at 15:57









                                                                                  Cricrazy

                                                                                  394114




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                                                                                  • 3




                                                                                    You missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 15 '16 at 16:13














                                                                                  • 3




                                                                                    You missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Aug 15 '16 at 16:13








                                                                                  3




                                                                                  3




                                                                                  You missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Aug 15 '16 at 16:13




                                                                                  You missed the point independent of the regional settings of the machine
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Aug 15 '16 at 16:13











                                                                                  -2














                                                                                  I note that the o/p did not ask for a region-independent solution. My solution is for the UK though.



                                                                                  This is the simplest possible solution, a 1-line solution, for use in a Batch file:



                                                                                  FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%A IN ("%date%") DO (SET today=%%C-%%B-%%A)
                                                                                  echo %today%





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                                                                                  • 2




                                                                                    He mentioned a region independent solution ...particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. Btw. Your solution is the same as the twenty other answers.
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 10:57










                                                                                  • Yeah, but mine actually could (optionally) be used on the command line. What is the merit in posting 35 lines of code, if one line of code will provide the same solution?
                                                                                    – Ed999
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 18:37










                                                                                  • I can't see any relevant difference to the old answers of @Matthew Johnson, 2010 or @KChiki, 2011
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 7 at 7:27


















                                                                                  -2














                                                                                  I note that the o/p did not ask for a region-independent solution. My solution is for the UK though.



                                                                                  This is the simplest possible solution, a 1-line solution, for use in a Batch file:



                                                                                  FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%A IN ("%date%") DO (SET today=%%C-%%B-%%A)
                                                                                  echo %today%





                                                                                  share|improve this answer

















                                                                                  • 2




                                                                                    He mentioned a region independent solution ...particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. Btw. Your solution is the same as the twenty other answers.
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 10:57










                                                                                  • Yeah, but mine actually could (optionally) be used on the command line. What is the merit in posting 35 lines of code, if one line of code will provide the same solution?
                                                                                    – Ed999
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 18:37










                                                                                  • I can't see any relevant difference to the old answers of @Matthew Johnson, 2010 or @KChiki, 2011
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 7 at 7:27
















                                                                                  -2












                                                                                  -2








                                                                                  -2






                                                                                  I note that the o/p did not ask for a region-independent solution. My solution is for the UK though.



                                                                                  This is the simplest possible solution, a 1-line solution, for use in a Batch file:



                                                                                  FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%A IN ("%date%") DO (SET today=%%C-%%B-%%A)
                                                                                  echo %today%





                                                                                  share|improve this answer












                                                                                  I note that the o/p did not ask for a region-independent solution. My solution is for the UK though.



                                                                                  This is the simplest possible solution, a 1-line solution, for use in a Batch file:



                                                                                  FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%A IN ("%date%") DO (SET today=%%C-%%B-%%A)
                                                                                  echo %today%






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                                                                                  answered Dec 6 at 10:13









                                                                                  Ed999

                                                                                  524510




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                                                                                  • 2




                                                                                    He mentioned a region independent solution ...particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. Btw. Your solution is the same as the twenty other answers.
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 10:57










                                                                                  • Yeah, but mine actually could (optionally) be used on the command line. What is the merit in posting 35 lines of code, if one line of code will provide the same solution?
                                                                                    – Ed999
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 18:37










                                                                                  • I can't see any relevant difference to the old answers of @Matthew Johnson, 2010 or @KChiki, 2011
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 7 at 7:27
















                                                                                  • 2




                                                                                    He mentioned a region independent solution ...particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. Btw. Your solution is the same as the twenty other answers.
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 10:57










                                                                                  • Yeah, but mine actually could (optionally) be used on the command line. What is the merit in posting 35 lines of code, if one line of code will provide the same solution?
                                                                                    – Ed999
                                                                                    Dec 6 at 18:37










                                                                                  • I can't see any relevant difference to the old answers of @Matthew Johnson, 2010 or @KChiki, 2011
                                                                                    – jeb
                                                                                    Dec 7 at 7:27










                                                                                  2




                                                                                  2




                                                                                  He mentioned a region independent solution ...particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. Btw. Your solution is the same as the twenty other answers.
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Dec 6 at 10:57




                                                                                  He mentioned a region independent solution ...particularly because of the regional settings issue with using date. Btw. Your solution is the same as the twenty other answers.
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Dec 6 at 10:57












                                                                                  Yeah, but mine actually could (optionally) be used on the command line. What is the merit in posting 35 lines of code, if one line of code will provide the same solution?
                                                                                  – Ed999
                                                                                  Dec 6 at 18:37




                                                                                  Yeah, but mine actually could (optionally) be used on the command line. What is the merit in posting 35 lines of code, if one line of code will provide the same solution?
                                                                                  – Ed999
                                                                                  Dec 6 at 18:37












                                                                                  I can't see any relevant difference to the old answers of @Matthew Johnson, 2010 or @KChiki, 2011
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Dec 7 at 7:27






                                                                                  I can't see any relevant difference to the old answers of @Matthew Johnson, 2010 or @KChiki, 2011
                                                                                  – jeb
                                                                                  Dec 7 at 7:27







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