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Ed_P

Sep 15 2008, 12:58 AM

I'm sure I'm missing something simple but for the life of me I don't see it.

When I run this code

CODE

setlocal
FOR /F "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%I IN ('DATE /t') DO (
  set MM=%%J
  set DD=%%K
  set YY4=%%L)
echo on
set YY = %YY4:~2,2%
echo YY4 = %YY4%
echo YY = %YY%
@echo off

I see in the Command Prompt window

CODE

D:\My Documents\My Utilities>set YY = 08

D:\My Documents\My Utilities>echo YY4 = 2008
YY4 = 2008

D:\My Documents\My Utilities>echo YY =
YY =

Why isn't the set YY = %YY4:~2,2% taking????

d4vr0s

Sep 15 2008, 06:44 AM

It works for me if I remove the spaces in the YY = %YY4:~2,2%

CODE

set YY=%YY4:~2,2%

Ed_P

Sep 15 2008, 08:26 AM

Thank you

d4vr0s.

I knew it would be something simple that I was missing.

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