Split

Question

Is there a way to split the %date% in a batch file (say, in 3 environment variables), but regardless of Regional Settings? Today\'s date would be 3/13/201

Answer 1

I have an additional suggestion with robocopy:

@echo off &setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "day="
for /f "tokens=3,4,8skip=4delims=: " %%i in ('robocopy') do if not defined day (
    set "month=%%i"
    set "day=0%%j"
    set "year=%%k"
)
set /a cnt=0
for %%i in (Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec) do (
    set /a cnt+=1
    if "%%i"=="%month%" set "month=0!cnt!"
)
set "day=%day:~-2%"
set "month=%month:~-2%"
echo.%day%.%month%.%year%
endlocal