Date Format

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Hi all,

Is there a way to change the date format from 10/20/04 to Oct. 20, 2004 in
command line without using any utility.

thanks in advance
 
Is there a way to change the date format from 10/20/04 to Oct. 20,
2004 in command line without using any utility.
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It's unclear if you want to permanently change the current users date
format or just output the current date in that format.

Does any utility mean external or really any.

For a start have a look at :
set /?
 
Mikhail said:
thanks Matthias. No just output the current date in that format.
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Hi

A combined batch/vbs solution:


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@echo off
echo D = Now : MN = MonthName(Month(D), True) >%temp%\today.vbs
echo WScript.Echo MN ^& ". " ^& Day(D) ^& ", " ^& Year(D) >>%temp%\today.vbs

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (
'cscript.exe //Nologo %temp%\today.vbs') do set today=%%a

del %temp%\today.vbs
echo Todays date: %today%

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It's unclear if you want to permanently change the current users date
format or just output the current date in that format.

Does any utility mean external or really any.

For a start have a look at :
set /?
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To output the current date at MMM. DD, YYYY on any NT-based O/S, using English:

set montab=XXX.Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.May Jun.Jul.Aug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.
set $tok=1-3
for /f "tokens=1 delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do set $d1=%%u
if "%$d1:~0,1%" GTR "9" set $tok=2-4
for /f "tokens=%$tok% delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do (
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=/-,()." %%x in ('echo.^|date') do (
set %%x=%%u
set %%y=%%v
set %%z=%%w
set $d1=
set $tok=))
set /a mm=(100%mm%%%100) * 4
call set month=%%montab:~%mm%^,4%%
@echo %month% %dd%, %yy%


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
 
thanks all. Both works perfectly..

Jerold Schulman said:
To output the current date at MMM. DD, YYYY on any NT-based O/S, using English:

set montab=XXX.Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.May Jun.Jul.Aug.Sep.Oct.Nov.Dec.
set $tok=1-3
for /f "tokens=1 delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do set $d1=%%u
if "%$d1:~0,1%" GTR "9" set $tok=2-4
for /f "tokens=%$tok% delims=.:/-, " %%u in ('date /t') do (
for /f "skip=1 tokens=2-4 delims=/-,()." %%x in ('echo.^|date') do (
set %%x=%%u
set %%y=%%v
set %%z=%%w
set $d1=
set $tok=))
set /a mm=(100%mm%%%100) * 4
call set month=%%montab:~%mm%^,4%%
@echo %month% %dd%, %yy%


Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
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