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by adrian_buzea

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How can I use the current (system)date as a variable in a NT shell script?

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

There is no direct access to the date from an NT shell script, but you can access it by doing something like...

date /t > temp.txt
for /F "tokens=2*" %i in (temp.txt) do echo %i

will set the environment variable %i to the date.
Here is an example...

E:\Documents and Settings\Tim Medhurst>date /t > temp.txt

E:\Documents and Settings\Tim Medhurst>for /F "tokens=2*" %i in (temp.txt) do echo %i

E:\Documents and Settings\Tim Medhurst>echo 01/04/2002
01/04/2002

E:\Documents and Settings\Tim Medhurst>

Cheers,
Tim.

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