Get hour without space %time:~0,2%

Asked Feb 17 '17 at 08:49

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I am giving files names that includes their creation dates.

I have done it like this so far: filename%date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%.txt

It seemed to work fine when i tested it, but now i discovered that my script fails when it is run between 12:00AM and 10:00AM.

I just located the reason:

  A:\Archive>echo %date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2%%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%
20170217 93258

For some reason when the hour is only one digit, a space occur.

Is there any way to fix this?

Its a .bat script btw :)

asked Feb 17 '17 at 08:49

Lauge

Store your date/time string in a variable, say `datetime`, then do `%datetime: =0%`... – aschipfl Feb 17 '17 at 09:10
I solved it like this: 'code' if "%time:~0,1%" == " " (set dtstamp=0%time:~1,1%) ELSE set dtstamp=%time:~0,2% 'code' – Lauge Feb 17 '17 at 09:18
Use WMIC to get the date and time. – Squashman Feb 17 '17 at 17:11

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