Tag: timestamp

Create a timestamp in YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS format with CMD or Powershell

Using CMD

FOR /f %a IN ('WMIC OS GET LocalDateTime ^| FIND "."') DO SET DTS=%a
SET TIMESTAMP=%DTS:~0,8%_%DTS:~8,6%

Check your result:

C:\>ECHO %TIMESTAMP%
20170422_233337

If you’re going to use the instructions above in a batch file remember to change the “%a” token in “%%a”.

Using Powershell

get-date -f yyyyMMdd_HHmmss

To set a timestamp variable:

$timestamp = get-date -f yyyyMMdd_HHmmss
echo $timestamp
20170423_001455

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