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Rename a file with time

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I have figured out how to rename a file with the date with the command below: ren test.txt test_%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~10,4%.txt However I would also like to rename a file with the time. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: November 3, 2004 at 22:45:24 Pacific

Reply:

You're on the right track. I guess you tried an appraoch similar to you date namer, but it did not work. You can use %TIME% as is ONLY IF it has no colons, backslashes or other no-go filename chars. If it does, you have two choices. Re-do the time format in control panel. Or use some substring grabs as you did with DATE. HTH M2

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I found it!!!! ren test.txt test_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%.txt result: test_2241.txt (2241=10:41 PM)

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