[dos] yesterday's date
Gaetan
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Bonjour,
I am currently setting up a file renaming batch in DOS and I need to retrieve yesterday's date in the filename (so something like getdate()-1).
PS: I can already retrieve the date into a variable and format it (e.g., filename_21112006.xls)
If someone can help me out of this deadlock, that would be great.
Thank you in advance.
I am currently setting up a file renaming batch in DOS and I need to retrieve yesterday's date in the filename (so something like getdate()-1).
PS: I can already retrieve the date into a variable and format it (e.g., filename_21112006.xls)
If someone can help me out of this deadlock, that would be great.
Thank you in advance.
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Good evening Gaetan,
I'm also interested in the question of an earlier date as some of my applications use it.
I've solved the problem, but the solution I have is heavy.
If someone had a lighter solution, that would be wonderful.
If you want my (heavy) solution, I can send it to you.
Have a good evening
B.M.-
- Good evening Edouard
My apologies for the delay, but I wasn't notified by email because you created a new discussion topic.
The source of the exe program follows: it's Clipper5
Have a nice day
Bernard
------------------PRG File ----------------------
* DATEAV.PRG - Retrieve a different date.
* -------------------------------------------
*
PARAMETERS DATEX
*
IF PCOUNT()==0
DATEX=-1
ELSE
DATEX=VAL(DATEX)
ENDIF
*
SET DATE FREN
SET CENT ON
XF=FCREATE("DATEAV.TXT",0)
FWRITE(XF,DTOC(DATE()+DATEX))
FCLOSE(XF)
RETU
----------------- Bat File --------------------
@ REM Parameter to pass: the number of days as positive or
@ REM negative: -15 or 15 for example.
@ REM No parameter = -1 by default.
@
@ DATEAV.EXE -15
@
@
@ DATE >DATEJO.TXT /T
@ ECHO Today's date: %DATE%
@ DATE<DATEAV.TXT
@ ECHO Yesterday's date: %DATE%
@ DATE<DATEJO.TXT
@ ECHO Today's date: %DATE%
@ DEL DATEJO.TXT >NUL
@ DEL DATEAV.TXT >NUL
@ PAUSE - Hi Bernard,
Thanks for the clipper code, it will surely be useful to someone.
Otherwise, I just got your exe to work by generating a J-1 date in one txt and a J-8 date in another.
Then I retrieve my dates and present them to the anglosaxon with For tokens...
Then I delete the txt files.
Anyway, it's cumbersome but it works "like clockwork".
And the goal is just to make a daily call to this batch with a scheduled task and call a php script with the right dates, so the processing wasn't very heavy either.
Anyway, as often, the result is what matters (to me) and not the method...
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