Give Date Time on Bat File & Dynamic Path - batch-file

Question

I Hae Create BAT File
#ECHO OFF
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\dtexec.exe" /FILE "D:\New folder (2)\xslttosql\SSIS-BSMS\SSIS-BSMS\SSIS-BSMS\Package6.dtsx" /REP P >> "D:\TRX_Value.log"
exit
but i Want to make the Output which D:\TRX_Value.log path Changed Dynamically and give time information on the file name like D:\TRX_Value-20130307-144650.log which mean 2012/03/07 14:46:50
So is it possible? What kind of script should I write?

Answer 1

Dealing with dates is somewhat tricky in BAT files.
A simple solution is to use WMIC LocalTime command which returns the current date and time in a convenient way to directly parse it with a FOR command. Try something similar to this:
#ECHO OFF
FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%A IN ('WMIC Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year /Format:table') DO (
SET /A DT=%%F*10000+%%D*100+%%A
SET /A TM=%%B*100+%%C
SET FDT=%DT%-%TM%
)
ECHO "c:\progs\dtexec" /FILE "d:\fldr\pack.dtsx" /REP P "d:\logs\tr%FDT%.log"
check the result and correct the execution line to fit your reqs

Answer 2

I like PA's suggestion to use WMIC, but there is a much simpler WMIC implementation.
The OS alias has the localDateTime property in almost the exact format you want:
YYMMDDhhmmss.ffffff-zzz
where ffffff is fractional seconds, and zzz is time zone information. Simple substring operations provide the desired date and time format.
#echo off
setlocal
set "ts="
for /f "skip=1" %%A in ('wmic os get localDateTime') do if not defined ts set "ts=%%A"
... your exe call ... >>"D:\TRX_Value-%ts:~0,8%-%ts:~8,6%.log"

Answer 3

Just because I like a challenge, here's a batch script / JScript hybrid script that'll format your timestamp the way you want. Save this with a .bat extension.
#if (#X)==(#Y) #end /* (batch + jscript hybrid script init)
:: *** Batch script *****
#echo off
setlocal
for /f %%I in ('cscript /nologo /e:jscript "%~f0"') do set "ts=%%I"
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\dtexec.exe" /FILE "D:\New folder (2)\xslttosql\SSIS-BSMS\SSIS-BSMS\SSIS-BSMS\Package6.dtsx" /REP P >> "D:\TRX_Value-%ts%.log"
exit /b
:: *** JScript script *****/
var d = new Date();
WScript.echo(d.getFullYear() + /\d{2}$/.exec('0' + (d.getMonth() + 1)) + /\d{2}$/.exec('0' + d.getDate()) + '-'
+ /\d{2}$/.exec('0' + d.getHours()) + /\d{2}$/.exec('0' + d.getMinutes()) + /\d{2}$/.exec('0' + d.getSeconds()));
(dbenham is a master at this sort of stuff.)

Answer 4

Echo's the date and time into 2 temp files, then parses them into correct format, and uses them in your command.
#ECHO OFF
Set CURRDATE=%TEMP%\CURRDATE.TMP
ECHO %DATE% > %CURRDATE%
Set CURRTIME=%TEMP%\CURRTIME.TMP
ECHO %TIME% > %CURRTIME%
Set PARSEDATEARG="eol=; tokens=1,2,3,4* delims=/, "
Set PARSETIMEARG="eol=; tokens=1,2,3,4,5* delims=:,., "
For /F %PARSEDATEARG% %%i in (%CURRDATE%) Do SET YYYYMMDD=%%k%%j%%i
For /F %PARSETIMEARG% %%i in (%CURRTIME%) Do SET HHMMSS=%%i%%j%%k
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\dtexec.exe" /FILE "D:\New folder (2)\xslttosql\SSIS-BSMS\SSIS-BSMS\SSIS-BSMS\Package6.dtsx" /REP P >> "D:\TRX_Value-%YYYYMMDD%-%HHMMSS%.log" exit