From: not@this.address.invalid   
      
   On 07/11/2012 01:08, Tom Lavedas wrote:   
      
   > I prefer using VBS for date manipulations, since it tends to take fewer   
   steps.  For example, the following little hybrid batch/VBS approach   
   generalizes the use of snippets of VBS code ...   
   >   
   >  @echo off   
   >   if [%2]==[] %0 Result=%1   
   >   echo wsh.Echo eval("%~2") > "%temp%\_tmp.vbs"   
   >   for /F "delims=" %%a in (   
   >     'cscript //nologo "%temp%\_tmp.vbs"') do set %1=%%a   
   >   del %temp%\_tmp.vbs   
   >   
   > It could be used to return the day of the week text thus ...   
   >   
   >   call runvbs dow="WeekdayName(weekday(date),true)"   
   >   echo Day of the week is %dow%   
      
      
   That's a neat little tool, Tom, I can see the uses it can be handy for.     
   Unfortunately VBS doesn't flow   
   off the tongue for me - I always meant to get a little more acquainted with it   
   but I still mostly hack   
   around with other peoples solutions.   
      
   Here's the VBS solution for date/time stamps based on Todd's work.   
   If the OP is using XP Home then he won't have Wmic by default - so I'll add it   
   here.   
      
      
      
     :: date time using WSH   
     :: datetime.bat V4   
     ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::   
     ::   
     :: This uses Windows Scripting Host to set variables   
     :: to the current date/time/day/day_number   
     :: for Win9x/ME/NT/W2K/XP etc   
     :: Thanks go to Todd Vargo for his scripting   
     ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::   
     @echo off   
     set TmpFile="%temp%.\tmp.vbs"   
     echo> %TmpFile% n=Now   
     echo>>%TmpFile% With WScript   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set year=" + CStr(Year(n))   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set yr="   + Right(Year(n),2)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set month="+ Right(100+Month(n),2)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set day="  + Right(100+Day(n),2)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set hour=" + Right(100+Hour(n),2)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set min="  + Right(100+Minute(n),2)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set sec="  + Right(100+Second(n),2)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set dow="  + WeekDayName(Weekday(n),1)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set dow2=" + WeekDayName(Weekday(n))   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set iso="  + CStr(1 + Int(n-2) mod 7)   
     echo>>%TmpFile% .Echo "set iso2=" + CStr(Weekday(n,2))   
     echo>>%TmpFile% End With   
     cscript //nologo "%temp%.\tmp.vbs" > "%temp%.\tmp.bat"   
     call "%temp%.\tmp.bat"   
     del  "%temp%.\tmp.bat"   
     del  %TmpFile%   
     set TmpFile=   
     set stamp=%year%-%month%-%day%_%hour%.%min%.%sec%   
      
      
     echo The year (YYyy) is "%year%"   
     echo The year   (yy) is   "%yr%"   
     echo The month       is   "%month%"   
     echo The day   (%dow%) is   "%day%"   
     echo The full weekday name is "%dow2%"   
     echo.   
     echo ISO 8601 Day-Of-Week number is "%iso%"   
     echo.   
     echo The hour   is "%hour%"   
     echo The minute is "%min%"   
     echo The second is "%sec%"   
     echo.   
      
     echo The date and time stamp is "%stamp%"   
     echo.   
     echo time   (hhmmss)   (%hour%%min%%sec%)   
     echo.   
     echo date A (yyyymmdd) (%year%%month%%day%)   
     echo date B (mmddyyyy) (%month%%day%%year%)   
     echo date C (ddmmyyyy) (%day%%month%%year%)   
     echo.   
     echo date D [yymmdd]   [%yr%%month%%day%]   
     echo date E [mmddyy]   [%month%%day%%yr%]   
     echo date F [ddmmyy]   [%day%%month%%yr%]   
     :: datetime.bat   
     ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::   
      
      
      
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