DOS command under XP (XP professional)

[Bart]

Yes, DOS, old boring DOS.
I would like to know the DOS command for obtaining the year, the month and the day.

ECHO DATE gives something like this : we 12-11-2002.

I would like a format yyyymmdd.

Bart Stam

[Leif]

This link may give you a start, but they warn that NT based platforms are unlikely to support it . . .

[StuartR]

A warning for anyone else tempted to follow the link in the previous post...

It displayed a large number of popups and attempted to download and install a program on my PC.

StuartR

[WyllyWylly]

Wow, no kidding. Rather than make that link live, I've attached the page's contents in a text file for anyone interested. Thanks for the heads up Stuart!

[Bart]

Edited by WyllyWylly to remove potentially malicious hyperlink.

Thanks for the help!
The solution you provided got me on to this site: (removed, see post 205335 for the contents of that page)
That is the method I eventually used in my script.

Bart