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noah on 10/21/09


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Print Date/Time in DOS Batch File

Published in: DOS Batch 

The code below shows how to format date and time stamps in DOS batch files. This is very useful if you are creating a log file, or any file that should have a unique file name.

If you run the batch file below it should print something like the following output:

Today's date is 2009_10_21

The local time is 14_25_01

Date and time: 2009_10_21_14_25_01
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  1. set DATESTAMP=%DATE:~10,4%_%DATE:~4,2%_%DATE:~7,2%
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  3. set TIMESTAMP=%TIME:~0,2%_%TIME:~3,2%_%TIME:~6,2%
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  5. set DATEANDTIME=%DATESTAMP%_%TIMESTAMP%
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  9. echo Today's date is %DATESTAMP%
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  11. echo The local time is %TIMESTAMP%
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  13. echo Date and time: %DATEANDTIME%

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