It takes a few commands but you can do it this way:

DATE /T > date.txt
FOR /F "tokens=2,3* delims=/ " %i in (date.txt) do @ECHO %i%j%k > shortdate.txt

the date format will output as 04172007

then just read the "shortdate.txt" into a variable.

Keep in mind that when you use these commands in a K script that you have to enter double > since they are an escape character for them. I left them as they are so you can just paste those lines into a DOS window and see what the result is. You can do a "type date.txt" and a "type shortdate.txt"to see the contents of the files. If you want to know what I did in the FOR statement, just type "FOR /?" and read through the help. It is an extremely useful command.

Hope that helps.

--Brian


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