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Format Date In Batch File

/ Published in: DOS Batch

Nice script for formatting dates in a batch file without having the system locale settings impact your format

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@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