date format

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"for" command timedate modifier %~ti extracts timedate part of file, but it
returns date in local format, how to get date in ansi format "yyyymmddd"
[which is universal for comparing]?

thnx
 
sali said:
"for" command timedate modifier %~ti extracts timedate part of
file, but it returns date in local format, how to get date in ansi
format "yyyymmddd" [which is universal for comparing]?
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You could try setting a fixed codepage for the duration, but no
guarantees. The other, guaranteed, solution is VBS.

Both the methods are covered in
153350 Feb 11 2006 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/link/tscmd.zip
tscmd.zip Useful NT/2000/XP script tricks and tips, T.Salmi

All the best, Timo
 
"for" command timedate modifier %~ti extracts timedate part of file, but it
returns date in local format, how to get date in ansi format "yyyymmddd"
[which is universal for comparing]?

thnx
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See tip 10210 » Another way to return a 4 digit year, 2 digit month, and 2 digit day from a short date, regardless of your short date format.
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com
 
set TheDate=%date%
set Month=%TheDate:~4,2%
set Day=%TheDate:~7,2%
set Year=%TheDate:~10,4%
set DayName=%TheDate:~0,3%
set DateStamp=%Year%%Month%%Day%

The parse function of the set command started in Windows 2000. You can
do the same thing with time for hours,Min,Sec.

Stel
 
Stel said:
set TheDate=%date%
set Month=%TheDate:~4,2%
set Day=%TheDate:~7,2%
set Year=%TheDate:~10,4%
set DayName=%TheDate:~0,3%
set DateStamp=%Year%%Month%%Day%

The parse function of the set command started in Windows 2000. You can
do the same thing with time for hours,Min,Sec.
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it is not enough universal! on my system, it exchanged month/days!

one usable trick could be to make:
echo. | date | find "enter" /i
to discover current cp date format [dd-mm-yy] from second line of date
command
 
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