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Display current date and time

#1 Post by drgt » 30 Oct 2016 07:05

Hi
How to echo current date and time on the same line?

Thanks

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Re: Display current date and time

#2 Post by penpen » 30 Oct 2016 08:04

This should help you:

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echo %date% %time%


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Re: Display current date and time

#3 Post by drgt » 30 Oct 2016 10:02

How about the day too like
Sun 2016-10-30 17:55:42.35 or
Sunday 2016-10-30 17:55:42.35

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Re: Display current date and time

#4 Post by ShadowThief » 30 Oct 2016 11:09

Oh geez, you've got one of those locales where %date% doesn't show the day of the week for some reason.

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Re: Display current date and time

#5 Post by drgt » 30 Oct 2016 11:12

yep, I am reading on this right now...

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Re: Display current date and time

#6 Post by aGerman » 30 Oct 2016 12:54

WMIC should always be available nowadays.

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for %%i in ("0=Sun" "1=Mon" "2=Tue" "3=Wed" "4=Thu" "5=Fri" "6=Sat") do set "wd%%~i"
for /f %%i in ('WMIC OS GET LocalDateTime /value') do for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%j in ("%%i") do set "dt=%%j"
for /f %%i in ('WMIC PATH Win32_LocalTime GET DayOfWeek /value') do for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%j in ("%%i") do (
  call set "dt=%%wd%%j%% %dt:~,4%-%dt:~4,2%-%dt:~6,2% %dt:~8,2%:%dt:~10,2%:%dt:~12,5%")

echo %dt%


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Re: Display current date and time

#7 Post by drgt » 30 Oct 2016 13:42

Great job Steffen!
Thanks!

Since I am clueless on the FOR usage in batch and of course "regurgitating" is "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day", should you have the time and want to, please explain this code to me in order to "teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" !

:D
Thanks again

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Re: Display current date and time

#8 Post by aGerman » 30 Oct 2016 13:59

I see your point. Did you ever read a tutorial about FOR loops in batch? If not please do this as soon as you have time. Understanding how loops work is the key for writing good code in any language.

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Re: Display current date and time

#9 Post by drgt » 30 Oct 2016 14:01

Any links you propose would be appreciated.

Thanks again


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Re: Display current date and time

#11 Post by drgt » 30 Oct 2016 14:11

Great!
Take care and thanks again.

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