BATch !Time! Format

[VegasNath]

Set MyTime=%Time%
Set MyTime=%Mytime:~0,8%

The above will produce the time as hh:mm:ss, removing the miliseconds. How can I also remove the seconds so that I get just hh:mm?

[VegasNath]

I got it, the 8 represents the number of characters, so changed to 5. :)

[John Gray]

You could save yourself a line with
Set MyTime=%time:~0,5%
!
But if you always want a leading zero in the hours value when it's earlier than 10:00, do
Set MyTime=%time:~0,5%
Set MyTime=%MyTime: =0%
since the time otherwise comes out at " 6:13" and not "06:13" (for example).

There are a number of other ways of achieving this, but this is the most straightforward.

LATER, for the benefit of pedants the world over...
Actually, the %time% variable has the final field value in centiseconds, not milliseconds! As in "12:34:56.78"

[ChrisGreaves]

Set MyTime=%Mytime:~0,8%

I played around with date and Time formats in the attached ZIP file for a Friend.
Date was the most troublesome as users can set different date formats on their machines.

[John Gray]

That's what the :datetime subroutine previously published was supposed to do for all regional settings - apparently except Italy!

[VegasNath]

[ChrisGreaves]

That's what the :datetime subroutine previously published ...

Ahah! I missed this post That the one?