MAKECAB - will work on EVERY Windows system (fast, but creates a small temp file) (the foxidrive script):
@echo off
pushd "%temp%"
makecab /D RptFileName=~.rpt /D InfFileName=~.inf /f nul >nul
for /f "tokens=3-7" %%a in ('find /i "makecab"^<~.rpt') do (
set "current-date=%%e-%%b-%%c"
set "current-time=%%d"
set "weekday=%%a"
)
del ~.*
popd
echo %weekday% %current-date% %current-time%
pause
More information about get-date function.
ROBOCOPY - it's not native command for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it can be downloaded from microsoft site. But is built-in in everything from Windows Vista and above:
@echo off
setlocal
for /f "skip=8 tokens=2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=: " %%D in ('robocopy /l * \ \ /ns /nc /ndl /nfl /np /njh /XF * /XD *') do (
set "dow=%%D"
set "month=%%E"
set "day=%%F"
set "HH=%%G"
set "MM=%%H"
set "SS=%%I"
set "year=%%J"
)
echo Day of the week: %dow%
echo Day of the month : %day%
echo Month : %month%
echo hour : %HH%
echo minutes : %MM%
echo seconds : %SS%
echo year : %year%
endlocal
And three more ways that uses other Windows script languages. They will give you more flexibility e.g. you can get week of the year, time in milliseconds and so on.
JScript/batch hybrid (need to be saved as .bat). JScript is available on every system form NT and above, as a part of Windows Script Host (though can be disabled through the registry it's a rare case):
@if (@X)==(@Y) @end
function GetCurrentDate() {
var todayDate = new Date();
todayDate = todayDate.getFullYear() + "-" +
("0" + (todayDate.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2) + "-" +
("0" + todayDate.getDate()).slice(-2) + " " + ("0" + todayDate.getHours()).slice(-2) + ":" +
("0" + todayDate.getMinutes()).slice(-2);
return todayDate;
}
WScript.Echo(GetCurrentDate());
VSCRIPT/BATCH hybrid (Is it possible to embed and execute VBScript within a batch file without using a temporary file?) same case as JScript, but hybridization is not so perfect:
:sub echo(str) :end sub
echo off
'>nul 2>&1|| copy /Y %windir%\System32\doskey.exe %windir%\System32\'.exe >nul
'& echo current date:
'& cscript /nologo /E:vbscript "%~f0"
'& exit /b
'0 = vbGeneralDate - Default. Returns date: mm/dd/yy and time if specified: hh:mm:ss PM/AM.
'1 = vbLongDate - Returns date: weekday, monthname, year
'2 = vbShortDate - Returns date: mm/dd/yy
'3 = vbLongTime - Returns time: hh:mm:ss PM/AM
'4 = vbShortTime - Return time: hh:mm
WScript.echo Replace(FormatDateTime(Date,1),", ","-")
PowerShell - can be installed on every machine that has .NET - download from Microsoft (v1, v2, v3 (only for Windows 7 and above)). It is installed by default on everything from Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 and above:
C:\> powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"
To use it from a batch file:
for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm}"') do @set _date=%%#
Self-compiled jscript.net/batch (never seen a Windows machine without .NET, so I think this is a pretty portable):
@if (@X)==(@Y) @end /****** silent line that start JScript comment ******
@echo off
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::: Compile the script ::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
setlocal
if exist "%~n0.exe" goto :skip_compilation
set "frm=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\"
:: Searching the latest installed .NET framework
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v*"') do (
if exist "%%v\jsc.exe" (
rem :: the javascript.net compiler
set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxv\jsc.exe"
goto :break_loop
)
)
echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
:break_loop
call %jsc% /nologo /out:"%~n0.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::: End of compilation ::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:skip_compilation
"%~n0.exe"
exit /b 0
****** End of JScript comment ******/
import System;
import System.IO;
var dt=DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"));
Logman This cannot get the year and day of the week. It's comparatively slow and also creates a temporary file and is based on the time stamps that logman puts on its log files. It will work on everything from Windows XP and above. It probably will be never used by anybody - including me - but is one more way...
@echo off
setlocal
del /q /f %temp%\timestampfile_*
Logman.exe stop ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
Logman.exe delete ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
Logman.exe create counter ts-CPU -sc 2 -v mmddhhmm -max 250 -c "\Processor(_Total)\%% Processor Time" -o %temp%\timestampfile_ >nul
Logman.exe start ts-CPU 1>nul 2>&1
Logman.exe stop ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
Logman.exe delete ts-CPU >nul 2>&1
for /f "tokens=2 delims=_." %%t in ('dir /b %temp%\timestampfile_*^&del /q/f %temp%\timestampfile_*') do set timestamp=%%t
echo %timestamp%
echo MM: %timestamp:~0,2%
echo dd: %timestamp:~2,2%
echo hh: %timestamp:~4,2%
echo mm: %timestamp:~6,2%
endlocal
exit /b 0
One more way with WMIC which also gives week of the year and the day of the week, but not the milliseconds (for milliseconds check foxidrive's answer):
for /f %%# in ('wMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get /Format:value') do @for /f %%@ in ("%%#") do @set %%@
echo %day%
echo %DayOfWeek%
echo %hour%
echo %minute%
echo %month%
echo %quarter%
echo %second%
echo %weekinmonth%
echo %year%
Using TYPEPERF with some efforts to be fast and compatible with different language settings and as fast as possible:
@echo off
setlocal
:: Check if Windows is Windows XP and use Windows XP valid counter for UDP performance
::if defined USERDOMAIN_roamingprofile (set "v=v4") else (set "v=")
for /f "tokens=4 delims=. " %%# in ('ver') do if %%# GTR 5 (set "v=v4") else ("v=")
set "mon="
for /f "skip=2 delims=," %%# in ('typeperf "\UDP%v%\*" -si 0 -sc 1') do (
if not defined mon (
for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=.:/ " %%a in (%%#) do (
set mon=%%a
set date=%%b
set year=%%c
set hour=%%d
set minute=%%e
set sec=%%f
set ms=%%g
)
)
)
echo %year%.%mon%.%date%
echo %hour%:%minute%:%sec%.%ms%
endlocal
MSHTA allows calling JavaScript methods similar to the JScript method demonstrated in #3 above. Bear in mind that JavaScript's Date object properties involving month values are numbered from 0 to 11, not 1 to 12. So a value of 9 means October.
<!-- : Batch portion
@echo off
setlocal
for /f "delims=" %%I in ('mshta "%~f0"') do set "now.%%~I"
rem Display all variables beginning with "now."
set now.
goto :EOF
end batch / begin HTA -->
<script>
resizeTo(0,0)
var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject').GetStandardStream(1),
now = new Date(),
props=['getDate','getDay','getFullYear','getHours','getMilliseconds','getMinutes',
'getMonth','getSeconds','getTime','getTimezoneOffset','getUTCDate','getUTCDay',
'getUTCFullYear','getUTCHours','getUTCMilliseconds','getUTCMinutes','getUTCMonth',
'getUTCSeconds','getYear','toDateString','toGMTString','toLocaleDateString',
'toLocaleTimeString','toString','toTimeString','toUTCString','valueOf'],
output = [];
for (var i in props) {output.push(props[i] + '()=' + now[props[i]]())}
close(fso.Write(output.join('\n')));
</script>
[datetime]::now.tostring("yyyy-MM-dd")。 - Nacht