ReneGe
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Windows Batch File - Display current time and date in FOR command
Hi there,
This code will display the date and time 5 times.
The problem is that although it reads the current time at every cycle, it still display the first time read.
I need it to display the current date time at every cycle.
I know it can be done cause I've done it in the fast. But I don't remember how.
Thanks for your help,
Rene
This code will display the date and time 5 times.
The problem is that although it reads the current time at every cycle, it still display the first time read.
I need it to display the current date time at every cycle.
I know it can be done cause I've done it in the fast. But I don't remember how.
Thanks for your help,
Rene
@ECHO OFF
CLS
FOR /L %%a in (1,1,5) DO (
CALL :GetDateTime
ECHO %TheDate% %TheTime%
PING 10.0.0.0 -n 1 -w 1000 >NUL 2>&1
)
EXIT /b
:GetDateTime
FOR /F "tokens=1-6" %%A IN ('WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Year^,Month^,Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Second ^| FINDSTR /R [0123456789]') do (
IF %%A GEQ 10 (set dd=%%A) ELSE (set dd=0%%A)
IF %%B GEQ 10 (set hh=%%B) ELSE (set hh=0%%B)
IF %%C GEQ 10 (set min=%%C) ELSE (set min=0%%C)
IF %%D GEQ 10 (set mm=%%D) ELSE (set mm=0%%D)
IF %%E GEQ 10 (set ss=%%E) ELSE (set ss=0%%E)
IF %%F GEQ 10 (set yy=%%F) ELSE (set yy=0%%F)
)
SET TheDate=%yy%-%mm%-%dd%
SET TheTime=%hh%.%min%.%ss%
EXIT /b
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@ Qlemo
I'm pinging a subnet. Not an actual IP address ;-)
Cheers mate!
I'm pinging a subnet. Not an actual IP address ;-)
Cheers mate!
That returns immediately, too.
ASKER
Strange, not me. I get something close to a second. Cheers
ASKER
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping 10.0.0.0
Pinging 10.0.0.0 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 10.0.0.0:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)
Pinging 10.0.0.0 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 10.0.0.0:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)
Oops, you are correct. I confused broadcast and network address. If you ping the broadcast address (10.255.255.255 or whatever applies for your network), everybody answers, and ping -n 1 does not wait.
ASKER
Greatly appreciated!
Cheers