Does Total Commander have a date variable?

[PiotrMP006]

Hi

Does Total Commander have a date variable?

I need a date variable in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format for timestamp for 7z archives.

[Stefan2]

Does Total Commander have a date variable?

No.

I need a date variable in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format for timestamp for 7z archives.

Where? How? What do you do? Explain your use-case.




 

[beb]

I need a date variable in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format for timestamp for 7z archives.

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@echo off
REM runtime variables parsing
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

REM date/time variables:
:: date !d! is yyyymmdd
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:,./- " %%g in ("%date%") do set d=%%i%%h%%g
:: time  !t! is hhmmssms
:: for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,./-"  %%g in ("%time%") do set t=%%g & set t=!t: =0! & set t=!t:~,2!%%h%%i%%j
:: time  !t! is hhmmss
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,./-"  %%g in ("%time%") do set t=%%g & set t=!t: =0! & set t=!t:~,2!%%h%%i

REM archiving
7z.exe a TargetArchive_!d!!t!.zip .\SourceFolder\* -tzip -aoa -mmt -ssw -stl -ssp -y -mx9

[Horst.Epp]

Here a modified version and a example button.
Creates a 7z archive of the current source dir in the target dir.
The archive is named according to the source dir with the date and time added.

A sample button

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
C:\TEMP\Test\f1\test.cmd
%T\%B %P
C:\WINDOWS\System32\imageres.dll,-68
test


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Here the cmd for it

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@echo off
REM runtime variables parsing
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

REM date/time variables:
:: date !d! is yyyymmdd
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=:,./- " %%g in ("%date%") do set d=%%i%%h%%g
:: time  !t! is hhmmssms
:: for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,./-"  %%g in ("%time%") do set t=%%g & set t=!t: =0! & set t=!t:~,2!%%h%%i%%j
:: time  !t! is hhmmss
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=:,./-"  %%g in ("%time%") do set t=%%g & set t=!t: =0! & set t=!t:~,2!%%h%%i

REM archiving
"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a %1_!d!!t!.7z %2* -aoa -mmt -ssw -stl -ssp -y -mx9

[hi5]

Poll Date/time as new Parameters for Button bar, user cmd - viewtopic.php?t=75669

[NotNull]

%date% and %time% are localized and depend on settings.
For example Americans use 12-31-2022; I use 31-12-2022.

A more universal approach:

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@echo off & setlocal
for /f "tokens=2 usebackq delims=.=" %%x in (`wmic os get  LocalDateTime /format:list ^|findstr "="`) Do set "NOW=%%x"

echo Current local time : %NOW%

Resulting in:

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Current local time : 20230208211109

[beb]

A more universal approach:
...

@NotNull
Thank you.
Looks quite a pretty one to me.

Alas, as they say: "The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility is deprecated as of Windows 10, version 21H1, and as of the 21H1 semi-annual channel release of Windows Server. This utility is superseded by Windows PowerShell for WMI (see Chapter 7—Working with WMI). This deprecation applies only to the WMI command-line (WMIC) utility..."
Still works, though (and hope will for sometime yet).

NB different output:

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@echo off
REM runtime variables parsing
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
wmic os get LocalDateTime /format:list
echo Current local time
echo:
for /f "tokens=2 delims=.=" %%x in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime /format:list ^|findstr "="') do set "now=%%x"
echo tc ghisler board:     yyyymmddhhmmss
echo "date/time":          %now%
::                          20230210100947
echo:
for /f "tokens=2 delims==+" %%x in ('wmic os get LocalDateTime /format:list ^|findstr "="') do set "c=%%x" & set d=!c:.=! & set d=!d:~,17!
echo custom:               yyyymmddhhmmssms
echo date/time full:       !c!
::                          20230210100947.876000
echo date/time trim:       !c:~,-3!
::                          20230210100947.876
echo date/time no dot:     !d!
::                          20230210100947876
echo date only:            !d:~,8!
::                          20230210
echo time without ms:      !d:~8,6!
::                          100947
echo time with ms no dot:  !d:~8!
::                          100947876
echo time with ms and dot: !c:~8,10!
::                          100947.876
echo:
:: wait 7 seconds then exit
@echo wait a bit
ping -n 8 ::1 >nul
exit/b

:: https://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=78412
:: https://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=426930
:: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmic
:: https://ss64.com/nt/wmic.html
:: https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-substring.html

[Stiltzkin]

for a quick solution with winrar:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%comspec% /c
rar.exe a -os -vt -m3 -tl -ep1 -ag" [YYYY-MM-DDTHHMMSS]" "%T%O.rar" %P%N
TOTALCMD64.EXE,8
rar.exe [YYYY-MM-DDTHHMMSS] %T%O.rar

[beb]

Shorter and more human-readable powershell based option for getting date and time in windows cmd:
example.cmd

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@echo off
REM runtime variables parsing
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
echo getting date/time (in specific output format)
echo:
for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}"') do set d=%%#
echo yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm
echo !d!
echo:
for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss}"') do set d=%%#
echo yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
echo !d!
echo:
for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMdd_HHmm}"') do set d=%%#
echo yyyyMMdd_HHmm
echo !d!
echo:
for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff}"') do set d=%%#
echo yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff (with milliseconds)
echo !d!
echo:
for /f "delims=" %%# in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff}"') do set d=%%#
echo yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.ffff (with 4-digit millisecond)
echo !d!
echo:

Date/time format options (a file name/path-friendly representation of the current date and time in 24-hour format; case-sensitive):

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yyyyMMddTHHmmssffff
yyyy  4-digit year
MM    2-digit month
dd    2-digit day
T     letter T as a [common] time separator [if needed]
HH    2-digit hour
mm    2-digit minute
ss    2-digit second
ffff  4-digit millisecond (f, ff, fff for 1/10, 1/100, and millisecond)

And getting back to the OP's request, making 7z archives with YYYYMMDDHHMMSS timestamp format:

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@echo off
REM runtime variables parsing
Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
REM date/time variables:
for /f "delims=" %%d in ('powershell get-date -format "{yyyyMMddHHmmss}"') do set d=%%d
REM archiving:
7z.exe a TargetArchive_!d!.zip .\SourceFolder\* -tzip -aoa -mmt -ssw -stl -ssp -y -mx9

[Fla$her]

for timestamp for 7z archives.

This doesn't require a variable. The archive will be created with the current date anyway. And if the date needs to be set according to the last modified file, then the -stl key is used.

Shorter and more human-readable powershell based

I don't know why you decided that the question is about the name of the archive, but speed is much more important than readability, and powershell slows down a lot at the first start. I would use nircmd and 7zG to see the normal progress of packaging in the GUI rather than the console window:

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
%COMMANDER_PATH%\Progs\NirCmd\nircmd.exe exec min "%COMMANDER_PATH%\Progs\7-Zip\7zG.exe" a "~$currdate.yyyyMMdd$~$currtime.HHmmss$.7z" -mx -m0=LZMA2:fb273 -m1=LZMA2:lc4 -scsUTF-16LE -y
@"%WL"
wcmicons.dll,30
Pack selected to <yyyyMMddHHmmss>.7z