Rename a file with the Time

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David Terrill

I have figured out how to rename a file with the date using the command
below:

ren test.txt test_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.txt
Example: test.txt to test_2004-11-04.txt

However I would also like to rename a file with the time. Does anyone have
any suggestions?
 
Hello, David:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:04:13 -0500: you wrote...

DT>
DT> ren test.txt test_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.txt
DT> Example: test.txt to test_2004-11-04.txt
DT>

I like to use date and time like this for a result that looks like this
20041104.231400

You could remove the first for loop to use just the time. And you could
remove the %%c to not use seconds in the time.

@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
for /f "tokens=1-2" %%a in ("%DATE%") do for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=-/.," %%d
in ("%%b") do set ThisDate=%%f%%d%%e
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=-:.," %%a in ("%TIME%") do set ThisTime=%%a%%b%%c
set ThisTime=%ThisTime: =%

echo %ThisDate%.%ThisTime%

Regards, Paul R. Sadowski [MVP].
 
I have figured out how to rename a file with the date using the command
below:

ren test.txt test_%date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%.txt
Example: test.txt to test_2004-11-04.txt

However I would also like to rename a file with the time. Does anyone have
any suggestions?
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Use #LogDate and #LogTime from the Advanced NT/2K/XP/K3 Command Library.
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