From: jj4public@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:35:02 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
   > On 03.02.2022 10:05, JJ wrote:   
   >   
   >>>:: extract the variables %y% %m% %d% from the %date% variable   
   >>>:: (this depends on the local date format)   
   >> [snip]   
   >>   
   >> And to detect the current date format, it can be done like below (warning:   
   >> long text).   
   >   
   >> for /f "delims=" %%A in ('2^>nul wmic   
   >   
   > If you use wmic anyhow, you can also use it to directly   
   > get the date:   
   >   
   > @echo off   
   > for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime /value^|find  "l"') do   
   set %%i   
   > echo  year=%localdatetime:~0,4%   
   > echo month=%localdatetime:~4,2%   
   > echo   day=%localdatetime:~6,2%   
      
   Good thinking.   
      
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