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Batch Script Date and Time

Date and Time​

The date and time in Batch Scripting have the following two basic commands for retrieving the date and time of the system.

date command​

The date command gets the system date.

Example
@echo off 
echo %date%
07/20/2022
note

The output is different depending on the localization of the operating system.

time command​

The time command sets or displays the time.

Example
@echo off 
echo %time%
18:15:44.79

Extract current day/month/year in a locale-independent way​

The following batch code returns the components of the current date in a locale-independent way and stores day, month and year in the variables CurrDay, CurrMonth and CurrYear, respectively:

@echo off 
for /F "skip=1 delims=" %%F in ('
    wmic PATH Win32_LocalTime GET Day^,Month^,Year /FORMAT:TABLE
') do (
    for /F "tokens=1-3" %%L in ("%%F") do (
        set CurrDay=0%%L
        set CurrMonth=0%%M
        set CurrYear=%%N
    )
)
set CurrDay=%CurrDay:~-2%
set CurrMonth=%CurrMonth:~-2%
echo Current day  :  %CurrDay%
echo Current month:  %CurrMonth%
echo Current year :%CurrYear%
Current day  :  20
Current month:  07
Current year :2022

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