Here's some code I helped create to get yesterday's date into usable variables. It even takes leap year into consideration.
Enjoy! -Jerod ::Creates time variable for /f %%z IN ('TIME/T') do set time=%%z ::Creates date variables for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a IN ('DATE/T') do ( SET day=%%a SET mm=%%b SET dd=%%c SET year=%%d) ::build yesterday date variables SET ym=%mm% SET yy=%year% ::Overcome octal issue... IF %dd% EQU 08 (SET yd=07)&& GOTO PDSET IF %dd% EQU 09 (SET yd=08)&& GOTO PDSET IF %dd% EQU 10 (SET yd=09)&& GOTO PDSET ::Overcome 1st of the month issue... IF %dd% NEQ 01 (GOTO YDSET) IF %mm% EQU 01 (SET /A yy=%year%-1&& SET ym=12&& SET yd=31&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 02 (SET ym=01&& SET yd=31&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 04 (SET ym=03&& SET yd=31&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 05 (SET ym=04&& SET yd=30&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 06 (SET ym=05&& SET yd=31&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 07 (SET ym=06&& SET yd=30&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 08 (SET ym=07&& SET yd=31&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 09 (SET ym=08&& SET yd=31&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 10 (SET ym=09&& SET yd=30&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 11 (SET ym=10&& SET yd=31&& GOTO PDSET) IF %mm% EQU 12 (SET ym=11&& SET yd=30&& GOTO PDSET) ::Do Leap Year Calculations SET /A yearchk=(%year% %% 4) IF %yearchk% NEQ 0 (GOTO NOTLEAP) SET /A yearchk=(%year% %% 400) IF %yearchk% EQU 0 (GOTO YESLEAP) SET /A yearchk=(%year% %% 100) IF %yearchk% EQU 0 (GOTO NOTLEAP) :YESLEAP SET ym=02 SET yd=29 GOTO PDSET :NOTLEAP SET ym=02 SET yd=28 GOTO PDSET :YDSET SET /A pd=%dd%-1 IF %pd% LSS 8 (set yd=0%pd%) else (set yd=%pd%) :PDSET ::AT THIS POINT YESTERDAY == %ym%\%yd%\%yy% -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John T (Lists) Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:34 PM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] OT: Help with WinZip command line In other words, if using the following lines: for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a IN ('DATE/T') do ( set day=%%a set mm=%%b set dd=%%c set year=%%d set /A pd=%%c-1) and running on 04/01/06, is %%c 03/31/06 or 04/00/06 or what? John T eServices For You "Seek, and ye shall find!" --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.