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   Zaidy036 to Harry Potter   
   Re: Getting current date from WinXP batc   
   01 Feb 20 21:41:19   
   
   From: Zaidy036@isp.invalid   
      
   On 2/1/2020 6:01 PM, Harry Potter wrote:   
   > On Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 4:59:13 PM UTC-5, Zaidy036 wrote:   
   >> %DATE% is date set in default format for your PC   
   >>   
   >> Do an echo %DATE% and modify as necessary into a new variable   
   >>   
   > Thank you, but how do I convert it to the needed format for my purposes in a   
   batch file?  I want the output in YYYY-MM-DD format for listing later backups   
   first in a directory listing.   
   >   
      
   Not a big problem but we are not clairvoyant so please tell us what your   
   date format is set to now. Remember if your batch is then run on another   
   machine the answer may change.   
      
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