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Batchfile - Get a filedate

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Name: amb
Date: February 19, 2008 at 05:06:03 Pacific
OS: Win XP
CPU/Ram: Intel, 2GB
Product: Clone
Comment:

Just found this batchgoldmine, but couldnt find an answer for my problem.

Is it possible to get a filedate from a specific file or folder, and put that date into a variable for later use?



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Name: IVO
Date: February 19, 2008 at 06:12:44 Pacific
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For %%j in (file-folder_name) Do Set FileDate=%%~tj
Set FileDate=%FileDate:~0,10%


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Name: amb
Date: February 19, 2008 at 06:40:54 Pacific
Reply:

Thats just perfect. Exactly what i needed spot on.

Thanks a lot for the quick reply.


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