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Check following batch script.<br />
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Hope this help!<br />
Farhan<br />

<pre><code id="code-89661">@ECHO OFF
SET YY=%DATE:~12,2%
ECHO %YY%
</code></pre>
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Check following batch script.

Hope this help!
Farhan


@ECHO OFF
SET YY=%DATE:~12,2%
ECHO %YY%


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Hi Farhan,<br />
<br />
Sorry about that it returns &quot;ed&quot; after running the script, please kindly advise
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Hi Farhan,

Sorry about that it returns "ed" after running the script, please kindly advise

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open command prompt and type <br />
<br />
echo %date%<br />
<br />
post the results
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open command prompt and type

echo %date%

post the results

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Dear devil,<br />
<br />
It returns 05/21/2008 Wed. &nbsp;And I would like to return the year in &quot;YY&quot; format. &nbsp;(ie. &nbsp;return 08)
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Dear devil,

It returns 05/21/2008 Wed.  And I would like to return the year in "YY" format.  (ie.  return 08)




@echo off
set yy=%date:~8,2%
echo %yy%


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Dear all experts,<br />
<br />
I would like to know is it possible to convert current year to specific variable in a batch file, the format should be YY (i.e 08), please kindly advise<br />

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Dear all experts,

I would like to know is it possible to convert current year to specific variable in a batch file, the format should be YY (i.e 08), please kindly advise


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