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Hi,

any idea why the date does not show up in one pc? other pc when i run this batch included in my script it runs fine

@echo off

for /F "tokens=2" %%i in ('date /t') do set mydate=%%i
set mytime=%time%
echo Current time is %mydate%:%mytime%

turned off uac
pc's running on windows 10

The returned date from date /t is not consistent across PC's or users. I'm assuming that you were previously seeing ddd and trying to ignore it by selecting the second token. You can still use the same method, if you like, by just checking for an empty value for the second token:

I recommend you using the date independently of the region day/month order, you can use "WMIC os GET LocalDateTime" as a source, since it's in ISO order: Refer to this Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203 ... ve#tab-top

Hackoo wrote: ↑

11 Oct 2019 18:25

I recommend you using the date independently of the region day/month order, you can use "WMIC os GET LocalDateTime" as a source, since it's in ISO order:

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@echo off
for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2 delims==" %%i in (`wmic os get LocalDateTime /VALUE 2^>NUL`) do if '.%%i.'=='.LocalDateTime.' set ldt=%%j
set ldt=%ldt:~0,4%-%ldt:~4,2%-%ldt:~6,2% %ldt:~8,2%:%ldt:~10,2%:%ldt:~12,6%
echo Local date is [%ldt%]
pause

Refer to this Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/203 ... ve#tab-top

this was the solution - WMIC os GET LocalDateTime
thanks Hackoo!