Question

I have the following code

set x=%date /T %
date 16/12/2012
date 15/12/2012

some stuff goes here    
echo set your date

date %x%       <--- getting error in that line.
pause

So how can i get the date in the format dd/mm/yy

Answer 1

You can get the date format of dd/mm/yy by using wmic command. This command allows you to get current date without getting affected by regional settings.

    @echo off
    SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion

    for /f "skip=1 tokens=1-6 delims= " %%a in ('wmic path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') do (
        IF NOT "%%~f"=="" (
            set /a FormattedDate=10000 * %%f + 100 * %%d + %%a
            set FormattedDate=!FormattedDate:~-2,2!/!FormattedDate:~-4,2!/!FormattedDate:~-6,2!
        )
    )

    echo %FormattedDate%
    PAUSE

You can save it as date.bat and run this batch file by executing the following in command prompt:

C:\>date.bat
21/01/13
Press any key to continue...

Hope this helps.