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Wildcards in if statement

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I am using WinXP. I have a batch file that runs on every startup but I would like it to run only on a certain day of the week. I am trying to use if statements to check the date, but the %date% variable looks like Wed 06/30/04. Is there any way to use a wildcard like: if "%date%"=="Thu*" do stuff If anyone knows another way that would be helpful also. :) -DragonL

Name: IVO
Date: July 1, 2004 at 00:55:17 Pacific

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You need to use the substring format of environment variables, so referring to your post If "%Date:~0,3%"=="Thu" where the general format is %Var:~m,n% with m being the starting positio of substring and n its length. Type Set /? to get the full tutorial.

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Thanks for the help :) -DragonL

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