Display the current date and time adjusted to Greenwich Mean Time, this can be useful when comparing events across multiple time zones.
::gmt.cmd Display the current date and time in GMT (World Time) @echo off Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion call :get_local_time call :get_utc_time :: Add leading zeros Set gmt_minute=0%gmt_minute% Set gmt_minute=%gmt_minute:~-2% Set gmt_day=0%gmt_day% Set gmt_day=%gmt_day:~-2% Set gmt_month=0%gmt_month% Set gmt_month=%gmt_month:~-2% Set local_minute=0%local_minute% Set local_minute=%local_minute:~-2% Set local_day=0%local_day% Set local_day=%local_day:~-2% Set local_month=0%local_month% Set local_month=%local_month:~-2% :: Display result Echo GMT Date/Time: %gmt_year%-%gmt_month%-%gmt_day% %gmt_hour%:%gmt_minute% Echo Local Date/Time: %local_year%-%local_month%-%local_day% %local_hour%:%local_minute% goto :eof :get_local_time for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%G in ('wmic path Win32_LocalTime get /value ^| find "="') do (call :setVars %%G %%H) goto :eof :setVars Set _var=%1 Set _value=%2 Set local_!_var!=!_value! goto :eof :get_utc_time for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %%G in ('wmic path Win32_UTCTime get /value ^| find "="') do (call :setUTCvars %%G %%H) goto :eof :setUTCvars Set _var=%1 Set _value=%2 Set gmt_!_var!=!_value! goto :eof
Alternatives:
In PowerShell, this can be done with just:
(Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()
“Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare, the further we make it go” ~ Josh Billings
Related
datetime.vbs - Get Date, Time and daylight savings (VB Script).
GetTime.cmd - Get the time now.
TIME - Set the time (list of default time formats for different countries).
Rob Vanderwoude - date/time scripts.