- DIR /4 doesn't work?
- Posted by ajs2004@bigfoot.com on October 18th, 2005
According to HELP DIR,
/4 Displays four-digit year
But as far as I can see, this isn't true. Regardless of the /4 option,
I get a date style dictated by Control Panel / Regional and Language
Options 'Short date' format.
Is there a way around this? I want my script to get a four-digit year
for its purpose, whatever preferences users may have set for theirs.
Andrew
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D:\>dir /4 blah.txt
Volume in drive D is User
Volume Serial Number is 5E15-1E91
Directory of D:\
18/10/05 12:00 63 blah.txt
1 File(s) 63 bytes
0 Dir(s) 2,569,834,496 bytes free
D:\>
- Posted by de Graff on October 18th, 2005
I always force the format YYYY-MM-DD by coding this (independent of user
setting)
thedate = Date()
thedate = Year(thedate) & "-" & Right("0"&Month(thedate),2) & "-" &
Right("0"&Day(thedate),2)
- Posted by Dixonian69 on October 18th, 2005
At command prompt Type: "dir /4
Do not add filenames. This will change date format for all files and
directories.
Another option is to use Contol Panel / Regional and Language
> Options 'Short date' format. Select "Customize" and then "Date" tab. Select Short Date format.
Good Luck.
"ajs2004@bigfoot.com" wrote:
> According to HELP DIR,
>
> /4 Displays four-digit year
>
> But as far as I can see, this isn't true. Regardless of the /4 option,
> I get a date style dictated by Control Panel / Regional and Language
> Options 'Short date' format.
>
> Is there a way around this? I want my script to get a four-digit year
> for its purpose, whatever preferences users may have set for theirs.
>
> Andrew
> ________________________________________________
>
> D:\>dir /4 blah.txt
> Volume in drive D is User
> Volume Serial Number is 5E15-1E91
>
> Directory of D:\
>
> 18/10/05 12:00 63 blah.txt
> 1 File(s) 63 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 2,569,834,496 bytes free
>
> D:\>
>
>
