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#1 11 May 2006 11:28

dcragg
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Registered: 11 May 2006
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Rename Files with Date Stamp File

I am new to Microsoft OS commands but have not yet been able to successully rename a file with today's date. I have tried using the StampMe.cmd (code below) but i receive an error when it reaches the command line
FOR /f "tokens=6-8 delims=/ " %%G IN ('NET TIME \\%computername%') DO (SET _mm=%%G SET _dd=%%H SET _yy=%%I)

ERROR: %%G was unexpected at this time

Any help on this error or other methods which i could rename a file would be much appreciated

Thanks,
Dan

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#2 11 May 2006 11:32

dcragg
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Re: Rename Files with Date Stamp File

Apologies i forgot to attach the script

@ECHO off
   SETLOCAL
   IF [%1] NEQ [] goto s_start

   :: Author - Simon Sheppard, July 2003
   :: Tested for Windows NT, 2K, XP

   ECHO STAMPME.cmd
   ECHO REName a file with the DATE/Time
   ECHO.
   ECHO SYNTAX
   ECHO       STAMPME TestFile.txt
   ECHO.
   ECHO       STAMPME "Test File.txt"
   ECHO.
   ECHO       STAMPME "c:\docs\Test File.txt"
   ECHO.
   ECHO       Will rename the file in the format "Test File-02-12-27@16-55.txt"
   ECHO.
   ECHO       In a batch file use CALL STAMPME ...

   :: To change the filename format just change around the last line below

   GOTO :eof
   
   :s_start

SET _file=%~n1%
SET _pathname=%~f1%
SET _ext=%~x1%

::Get the date
   ::  note ISO 8601 date format would require 4 digit YYYY Year)

   FOR /f "tokens=6-8 delims=/ " %%G IN ('NET TIME \\%computername%') DO (
         SET _mm=%%G
         SET _dd=%%H
         SET _yy=%%I
)

   :: Get the time
   FOR /f "tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%G IN ('time/t') DO (
         SET _hr=%%G
         SET _min=%%H
   )

   ECHO Today is Year: [%_yy%] Month: [%_mm%] Day: [%_dd%]
   ECHO The time is:   [%_hr%]:[%_min%]

   REN "%_pathname%" "%_file%-%_yy%-%_mm%-%_dd%@%_hr%-%_min%%_ext%"

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#3 11 May 2006 18:35

Simon Sheppard
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Re: Rename Files with Date Stamp File

Which OS are you running?

if you run just
NET TIME \\%computername%
what does that return?

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#4 24 Oct 2006 17:30

skeetabomb
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Registered: 24 Oct 2006
Posts: 3

Re: Rename Files with Date Stamp File

Hi,

Just read this post and ran the command...this is the output (I have sanitised it for security):

   U:\>net time
   Current time at \\servername.domain.com is 10/24/2006 5:18 PM

   The command completed successfully.


   U:\>

This is a networked drive, and the servername returned is not my DNS/DHCP/File or AD server. Not sure why it picked it.
Anyway, running it again as follows, I can choose which computer on the network to query for the time:

   U:\>net time \\myHostname
   Current time at \\myHostname is 10/24/2006 5:23 PM

   The command completed successfully.


   U:\>

Cheers.

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#5 24 Oct 2006 18:45

Simon Sheppard
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Re: Rename Files with Date Stamp File

skeetabomb wrote:

Current time at \\myHostname is 10/24/2006 5:23 PM

   The command completed successfully.

Hmm, that should work correctly

the tokens are
   Current time at \\myHostname is 10/24/2006 5:23 PM
   ^1        ^2   ^3  ^4                ^5  ^6 ^7 ^8

So tokens 6-8 should have the right things

What do get from just

echo %computername%

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