GetDateTime

A very small console application that displays the current date and time in a user-specified format.

I have been using this program for many years when creating backups.

Usage

Usage: GetDateTime32.exe [TEMPLATE]

TEMPLATE: Any text where the $Y will be replaced with the current year, $M - month, $D - day, $H - hour, $MIN - minutes, $S - seconds, $MS - milliseconds

Default TEMPLATE: $Y.$M.$D-$H;$MIN;$S,$MS

The default template does not contain any characters that are not allowed in file names.

Examples

Save the current time to the variable "dt" in a batch file

Method 1 - default template (without spaces)

for /f %%i in ('GetDateTime32.exe') do set dt=%%i
echo %dt%

Method 2 - template with spaces

set temp_file=%TMP%\_temp_%RANDOM%.txt
GetDateTime.exe "Date: $Y.$M.$D   Time: $H:$MIN:$S.$MS" > %temp_file%
set /p dt=<%temp_file%
del %temp_file%

echo %dt%

Unique filename for archiving purposes

for /f %%i in ('GetDateTime32.exe') do set dt=%%i
set BackupFile=backup_%dt%.7z
set SevenZip=7z.exe
set Files=*.pas *.pp *.dpr *.lpr *.dproj *.lpi *.dfm *.lfm *.res
set ComprThreads=4
set ComprLevel=8

%SevenZip% a -r -mx=%ComprLevel% -t7z -m0=LZMA2 -scsUTF-8 -mmt=%ComprThreads% -mtc=on -mtm=on -mta=on %BackupFile% %Files%

Compilation

You need:

1. Lazarus IDE https://www.lazarus-ide.org/
2. JPLib https://github.com/jackdp/JPLib

Lazarus project file: src\GetDateTime.lpi

License

Public domain.