Windows batch elapsed time

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Any additional feedback? In this article. Converts the specified system time to the number of seconds since the first second of January 1, Converts a UTC time with dynamic daylight saving time settings to a specified time zone's corresponding local time.

Retrieves the date and time that the specified file or directory was created, last accessed, and last modified. What about some utility that shows elapsed time or progress time until the program is done executing? Not just the time it took. They will be rare because many scripts or tools will scroll the display or the timer data will be mixed in with running commands, it would all get pretty messy.

Oh yeaa, I got one. I schedule backing up robots in our plant with a system of scripts. My problem is that some times the 3rd party FTP utility hangs because a robot did not reply. Maybe a cable got cut, or some times it just does not go to end of task as it should and allow the scripts to continue.

I want to check to see if the task has been executing too long and if so add a message in the log file, terminate the ftp utility which will allow the script to continue to the next robot. Maybe even kick of an email to the administrator. HAL Admin 3 years ago. Ryan 3 years ago. Michael 4 years ago. Is it possible to get the date and then use it as an input string in a for loop so that the day can increment. I need a. Solutions above break if locale changes.

Unfortunately there seems to be no way to tell the date or time commands what format one wants returned. It seems dependent on your regional settings for that specific windows installation.

I fear you will end up with a protected mode shell running all the time. This would certainly not be my preference. Your Batch file would essentially be a loop, looking if the date required has been achieved. If the value comparison if true, it would execute possibly a sub: and then return to the start of the loop.

Here are 2 solutions: 1. The second line formats datetime in the form I needed for what I used it for. You can modify this line to format however suits your needs.