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   Stanley Daniel de Liver to corrado.casadei@gmail.com   
   Re: DOS Time in h:mm:ss vs hh:mm:ss   
   29 Jan 14 12:12:03   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:08:49 -0000,  wrote:   
      
   > Il giorno mercoledì 16 febbraio 2011 17:51:22 UTC+1, Gary Segal ha   
   > scritto:   
   >> Hi,   
   >> I need some help with time format.   
   >> I need to get time in hh:mm:ss format, but my ,bat file gets it in   
   >> h:mm:ss   
   >>   
   >> I already changed control panel (Region and Language) to be hh:mm:ss   
   >> tt still get it in the time in h:mm:ss. I ran it on my other machine   
   >> and get the same results.   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone have an Idea how to take care of it?   
   >> Thanks.   
   >>   
   >> here is my code.   
   >>   
   >> ren Y:\XML\NEO.xml N%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,3%xml   
   >> ren Y:\XML\LOG.txt L%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,3%txt   
   >>   
   >> also is there a way to use a variable to use it with Ren and/or Move   
   >> commands.   
   >> for example:   
   >>   
   >> set XName = N%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,3%xml   
   >> set LName = L%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,3%txt   
   >>   
   >> ren  NEO.xml XName   
   >> move  XName Y:\XML\%FolderName%   
   >>   
   >> What is the right syntax   
   >>   
   >> Thank you   
   >> Gary   
   >   
   > Set "mytime=%time: =0%"   
   > Set "mytime=%mytime::=%"   
   > Set "mytime=%mytime:~0,6%"   
   >   
   > This is the right syntax: this solve my problems.   
   > Thanks to ev'rybody.   
   >   
   > CoCa   
   We waited 3 years for this answer!   
      
      
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