Add date/timestamp via batch file

Maybe try something slightly different.

@echo off
SET backuptime=%DATE:~6,4%-%DATE:~3,2%-%DATE:~0,2%_%TIME:~0,2%-%TIME:~3,2%

%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list wp > c:\perflogs\%computername%_W3WP_PID_%backuptime%.txt

0-9 will be single digit...

Or be more reliable and don't use %date% and %time% that use the current users date format:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/MS_DOS/A_1153-Using-dates-in-batch-files-scripts.html

e.g. from there this gives you a reliable yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm timestamp regardless of users date, time format etc.  Looks a bit complicated but all it does is write a one line VBScript on the fly which it gets rather than using bits of %date% and %time% variables.

There are details my article on how you can get all the different bits of dates.

There are also other methods using WMIC etc. which will do it like this too.

@echo off

echo wscript.echo year(date) ^& "-" ^& right(100+month(date),2) ^& "-" ^& right(100+day(date),2)^& "@" ^& right(100+hour(time),2) ^& "-" ^& right(100+minute(time),2) > "%temp%\dateparts.vbs"
for /f "tokens=1 delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%temp%\dateparts.vbs"') do set yyyymmddhhmm=%%a

echo Now you can use this in your filename: %yyyymmddhhmm%

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Steve

oBdA

You can't do the following:

    set mydate=%mydate: =0%

because imagine if your date is:

    20/07/2012

then you end up with:

    2/7/212

The same applies for TIME aswell.

C:\Temp>set mydate=20/07/2012

C:\Temp>echo %mydate: =0%
20/07/2012

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oBdA

Oops! Beg you pardon....

I was reading it: 'set mydate=%mydate:0=%'. You are right to use 'set mydate=%mydate: =0%'.

I've just woke up!

Also, if you can use a small free utility in your environment, then DOFF can be a great tool to add to your system.

http://www.jfitz.com/dos/index.html#DOFF

It would then allow you to simply do this to get the date formatted any way you desire (I did YYYYMMDD_hhmm for this example).

@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%A in ('doff yyyymmdd_hhmi') do set MyStamp=%%A
%windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe list wp > c:\perflogs\%computername%_W3WP_PID_%MyStamp%.txt

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~bp

this worked perfectly