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   Re: Who do I echo the date?   
   01 Sep 17 22:24:57   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 09/01/2017 09:33 PM, T wrote:   
   > Hi All,   
   >   
   > `date /T` works fine.  Is there a way to place   
   > it into and echo?   
   >   
   > In bash, this would be   
   >      echo $(date /t)   
   >   
   > How about batch?   
   >   
   > Many thanks,   
   > -T   
      
   Figured it out:   
      
   @echo off   
      
   for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do ( set DATE=%%i   
   %%k/%%j/%%l )   
   echo %DATE%   
      
   for /F "tokens=1-2 delims=: " %%i in ('time /t') do ( set TIME=%%i:%%j )   
   echo %TIME%   
      
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