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This post explains how to get current date and time from command prompt or in a batch file.
If you want that to be local to that batch file, use setlocal: setlocal set PATH=. Set OTHERTHING=. @REM Rest of your script Read the docs carefully for setlocal/endlocal, and have a look at the other references on that site - Functions is pretty interesting too and the syntax is tricky. The Syntax page should get you started with the basics. SO:Long commands split over multiple lines in Vista/DOS batch (.bat) file SO:How does the Windows Command Interpreter (CMD.EXE) parse scripts? Edit: Avoid echo. This doesn't answer the question, as the question was about single echo that can output multiple lines. Type the name of the batch file. For example, if it’s called “program.bat,” type program.bat. If you don’t know the name, type dir and press ↵ Enter to view the files in the folder. You’ll find it there. Prepare a batch file. Open Notepad and type the following commands in the file. Xcopy /s /i 'THE. You can add switches to your script for different options, such as: /delete - to delete a mapped drive /persistent:yes/no - to reconnect the drive upon login. I personally leave it the way it is and just add one more line: del.bat. This way, I drop it in a user's startup folder and it will run once and that's it.
How to get date and time in a batch file
Below is a sample batch script which gets current date and time
Datetime.cmd
When we run the above batch file
Get date from command line
To print today’s date on the command prompt, we can run date /t.
Just running date without any arguments prints the current date and then prompts to enter a new date if the user wants to reset it.
In addition to date command, we also have an environment variable using which we can find today’s date.
How to get only the date in MM/DD/YYYY format?
You may want to exclude the day (like ‘Sun’ in the above example) and print only the date in MM/DD/YYYY format. The below command works for the same.
Example:
Get time from command prompt
Batch File
Similar to date command, we have the command time which lets us find the current system time. Some examples below.
As you can see, the command prints the time in different formats. It prints in 12 hour format when /t is added and in 24 hours format without /t
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We can also get the current time from environment variables.
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Get date and time