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Hello,
I need a batch file that returns the time in a 12 hours format, like hh:mm AM or hh:mm PM.
I used this code, which returns only hours and minutes without AM/PM and if the hours is less than 10, it doesn't return a "0" in front of it.
echo %time:~0,2%:%time:~3,2% >time.txt
Time settings in Control Panel are in 12 hours format, but still when I run the batch, it returns the time in military format.
Does anyone know how can I change the batch that I currently use so I get the desired result?
Thank you for your time!Keep trying!
Why anobody wants '12 hour' time is beyond me. But moving right along; it may help to:
echo %time%
and post result.
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First get the hour, in this case 14.
If it
s greater than 11, set your AM/PM to PM.For each of HH MM SS, if the value is one digit, you will need to pad it to two by prepending a zero.
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DH,same thing
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I used time/t>time.txt and it works great. I have just one additional question: how do I place date on the same row in the text file? I was using echo %date% %time%>time.txt, but now that I changed time format, I don't know how to add date.
I used this time/t>time.txt
I'm pretty new in using this.
Thank you all for your answers!Keep trying!
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Echoing into a file has nothing to do with changing date/time format
If you do this, it goes to screen:
echo %time% %date%
If you do this it goes to file:
echo %time% %date% > somefile
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Yes,I understand that. What I mean is that I changed the code echo %time% %date%>file.txt with time/t>file.txt, but I also need to add the date to the 12 hours time format, so it returns in a text file something like: Tue 07/29/2008 03:31 PM
Any suggestions?Thanks!Keep trying!
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Call me crazy. I woulda sworn 03:31 was in the morning.
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Now here's a rhetorical question (for the designers/implementors of cmd.exe, not that I would ever seriously think they might be reading this forum.)
Whereas the format of the time/t command depends on your Regional settings in Control Panel, the format of %time% is always the same hh:mm:dd.hh 24-hour format. This makes it easier to interpret the time in a batch file, since it doesn't depend on your region setting.
So why isn't this the same with %date%?
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klint: So why isn't this the same with %date%?
Because 1/2/08 can be read as either the second day of January, or as the first day of February. Time of day does not have this problem.
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Razor2.3: Because 1/2/08 can be read as either the second day of January, or as the first day of February.
No, I mean why haven't Microsoft decided on a specific, fixed, format for the variable %date% - whether they chose mm-dd-yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy or whatever, it doesn't matter what format, but if it was always the same then it would be easy to use the date in a batch file.
By analogy, %time% always has the same format even though the "time/t" differs according to regional settings. However, this does not translate to dates. In contrast to %time%, the format of %date% varies in line with the "date/t" command.
Razor2.3: Time of day does not have this problem.
It does, potentially. I am free, should I so wish, to go into Control Panel, Regional Settings, and set my time format to mm:hh:ss. Not that anyone in their right mind would do that, but then us Europeans would not have believed that anyone in their right mind would choose a mm-dd-yyyy date format either.
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That would make about as much sense as MMDDYY.
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Speaking on behalf of every American, I'd just like to say it's the rest of the world that's backwards, in both your date representation, and your 'metric.'
God, I hope everyone notices the sarcasm. My only hope is if only the regulars read this post.
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