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Revision: 66501
at May 16, 2014 03:45 by kidmizere
Initial Code 
@echo off
    SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion

    for /f "skip=1 tokens=1-6 delims= " %%a in ('wmic path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') do (
        IF NOT "%%~f"=="" (
            set /a FormattedDate=10000 * %%f + 100 * %%d + %%a
            set FormattedDate=!FormattedDate:~-2,2!/!FormattedDate:~-4,2!/!FormattedDate:~-6,2!
        )
    )

    echo %FormattedDate%
    PAUSE
Initial URL 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14427490/how-to-set-date-from-cmd-after-retrieving-it/14435810#14435810
Initial Description 
Nice script for formatting dates in a batch file without having the system locale settings impact your format
Initial Title 
Format Date In Batch File
Initial Tags 
date, format
Initial Language 
DOS Batch