Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!terminator!jkenyon From: jkenyon@us.cc.umich.edu (Jim Kenyon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: DOS batch quirks and environment variable weirdness. Summary: 4DOS comes to the rescue Keywords: In article <1400055@hp-ptp.HP.COM> stevek@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Kite) writes: Message-ID: <1990Oct18.203737.29345@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Date: 18 Oct 90 20:37:37 GMT References: <1990Oct15.102216.15639@csun.edu> <1400055@hp-ptp.HP.COM> <1990Oct18.032359.14406@csun.edu> Sender: usenet@terminator.cc.umich.edu (usenet news) Organization: Univ. of Michigan ITD Consulting & Support Services Lines: 9 To get the date (and time and DOW) without a prompt, 4DOS provides environment variables -- you can also extract pieces of them as well. Like, just the hours, or just the seconds..... -- Jim Kenyon -- jkenyon@css.itd.umich.edu University of Michigan, 401 Washtenaw Ave Division of Kinsesiology, Motor Behavior Lab Ann Arbor, MI 48109 -- (313) 763-0498