YYYYMMDD 1.6 build: 9470 released: 2011-09-23

Display date and time in pipeable form for the command line.

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

C command line utility.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products3.html#YYYYMMDD

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All C source and EXE files code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under Microsoft Windows from the command line (e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista)

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and executable files to run on your own machine as a standalone utility.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "use folder names" option.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and executable files to run on your own machine as a standalone utility.
The EXE files will not work. You will have to recompile, perhaps making minor changes to the source code.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary exe, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or recompile it.
Configure.java basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are and tweak rebuild.xml.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to rebuild and link.

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Use:

YYYYMMDD displays the date in form YYYY-MM-DD, without
CrLf. You can thus PIPE it into files:
        YYYYMMDD.com >> MyFile.Txt
to internally date stamp them.

Optional separator can be put on the command line.

e.g. if you wanted ISO 8601:1988 international standard
yyyy-mm-dd format, on the command line, or in a bat file
type:

     YYYYMMDD -
       gives 2000-12-31

     YYYYMMDD " " 
     gives 2000 12 31

     YYYYMMDD .
       gives 2000.12.31

     YYYYMMDD /
       gives 2000/12/31

You can pipe the result into files:

        YYYYMMDD.exe >> MyFile.Txt

If you wanted a 2-digit year: yy-mm-dd format, on the
command line, or in a bat file type:

     YYMMDD -
       gives 00-12-31

     YYMMDD none
       gives 001231

     YYMMDD space
       gives 00 12 31

     YYMMDD .
       gives 00.12.31

     YYMMDD /
       gives 00/12/31

     YYMMDD
       gives 00-12-31

You can pipe the result into files:

        YYMMDD.com >> MyFile.Txt

If you wanted 24-hour time: hh:mm format, on the command
line, or in a bat file type:

     HHMM :
       gives 23:59

     HHMM -
       gives 23-59

       gives 2359

     HHMM " "
       gives 23 59

     HHMM .
       gives 23.59

     HHMM
       gives 23:59

You can pipe the result into files:

        HHMM.com >> MyFile.Txt

Often used in conjunction with HHMM to stamp the time.

There is no support for other formats: e.g. MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY.

The *.com files are for DOS. the *.exe files are for use in Windows.

Just place yyyymmdd.exe yymmdd.exe and hhmm.exe somewhere on the path.


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Version History:

 1.6 2011-09-23 port the DOS assembler version

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