Source code for datefmt.bat

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IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax
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IF NOT  "%~6"==""           GOTO Syntax
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ECHO.%* | FIND "?" > NUL && GOTO Syntax
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SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
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FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%A IN ('VER ^| DATE') DO (

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	REM Save only last word in variable
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	FOR %%B IN (%%A) DO SET DateFmt=%%B
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	FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=(/-)" %%B IN ("!DateFmt!") DO (

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		SET Var1=%%B
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		SET Var2=%%C
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		SET Var3=%%D
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FOR /F "tokens=* delims=" %%A IN ('VER ^| DATE ^| FIND /V "("') DO (

	REM Save only last word in variable, thereby ignoring optional

	REM leading day of week, error reported by Fernando Sader

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	FOR %%B IN (%%A) DO SET Today=%%B
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	FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=./- " %%B IN ("!Today!") DO (

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		SET %Var1%=%%B
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		SET %Var2%=%%C
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		SET %Var3%=%%D
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	)
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IF /I NOT "%~1"=="%Var1%" IF /I NOT "%~1"=="%Var2%" IF /I NOT "%~1"=="%Var3%" (

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	ENDLOCAL
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	GOTO Syntax
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IF /I "%~4"=="/LZ" (SET Delim=) ELSE (SET Delim=%4)

IF /I NOT "%~3"=="%Var1%" IF /I NOT "%~3"=="%Var2%" IF /I NOT "%~3"=="%Var3%" IF /I NOT "%~3"=="/LZ" (SET Delim=%~3)

IF /I NOT "%~2"=="%Var1%" IF /I NOT "%~2"=="%Var2%" IF /I NOT "%~2"=="%Var3%" IF /I NOT "%~2"=="/LZ" (SET Delim=%~2)

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ECHO.%* | FIND /I "/LZ" >NUL
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IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 CALL :AddLeadingZero

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SET DateFmt=!%1!
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IF /I NOT "%~2"=="%Delim%" IF /I NOT "%~2"=="/LZ" (SET DateFmt=%DateFmt%%Delim%!%2!)

IF /I NOT "%~3"=="%Delim%" IF /I NOT "%~3"=="/LZ" (SET DateFmt=%DateFmt%%Delim%!%3!)

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ENDLOCAL & SET DateFmt=%DateFmt%
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SET DateFmt
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GOTO:EOF
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:AddLeadingZero
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CALL SET Char1=%%%Var1%:~0,1%%
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IF NOT "%Char1%"=="0" (
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	IF !%Var1%! LSS 10 SET %Var1%=0!%Var1%!

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CALL SET Char1=%%%Var2%:~0,1%%
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IF NOT "%Char1%"=="0" (
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	IF !%Var2%! LSS 10 SET %Var2%=0!%Var2%!

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CALL SET Char1=%%%Var3%:~0,1%%
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IF NOT "%Char1%"=="0" (
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	IF !%Var3%! LSS 10 SET %Var3%=0!%Var3%!

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GOTO:EOF
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:Syntax
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ECHO DateFmt.bat,  Version 0.53 BETA for Windows NT 4 and later

ECHO Display the current date in the specified format

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ECHO.
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ECHO Usage:  DATEFMT  date_format  [ delimiter ]  [ /LZ ]

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ECHO.
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IF     "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" FOR /F "tokens=2-4 delims=()/-" %%A IN ('VER ^| DATE ^| FIND "("') DO ECHO Where:  date_format is any combination of %%A, %%B and/or %%C

IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ECHO Where:  date_format is any combination of dd, mm and/or yy

ECHO                     (these date_format options are always in the computer's

IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ECHO                     local language; to look them up, type VER � DATE)

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IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Skip
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ECHO                     local language; to look them up, type VER ^| DATE)

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:Skip
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ECHO         delimiter   is the delimiter to be used in the end result

ECHO         /LZ         use leading zeroes in the end result

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ECHO.
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ECHO Examples (for English Windows versions):

ECHO DATEFMT yy mm dd        ---  2007115    (January 15 or November 5, 2007)

ECHO DATEFMT yy mm dd -      ---  2007-11-5  (November 5, 2007)

ECHO DATEFMT yy mm dd - /LZ  ---  2007-11-05 (November 5, 2007)

ECHO DATEFMT mm /LZ          ---  01         (January)

ECHO DATEFMT yy mm - /LZ     ---  2007-06    (June 2007)

ECHO DATEFMT dd mm dd * /LZ  ---  11*03*11   (March 11)

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ECHO.
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ECHO Inspired by Simon Sheppard's GetDate.bat

ECHO http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/getdate.html

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ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
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ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com
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