Batch file help

[imilne]

Hi all,

Need a little help with a batch file (can be dos or vbs)...

I need a simple if/else statement based on the time of day, ie:

if (earlier than 10am)
[INDENT] do something[/INDENT]
else
[INDENT] do something else[/INDENT]

I know how to do the "do" bit, but I can't suss out the time bit. I'm sure it's very simple, but my googling obviously isn't up to scratch today

Thanks

[Graham]

Pending a more elgant solution ... this creates a variable that I use for a directory name that contains the now date and time ...

Code:

time < return.txt >  dirtxt.txt

for /F  "eol=E tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=:" %%i IN (dirtxt.txt) DO set dirname=%%j-%%k-%%l

date < return.txt >  dirtxt.txt

for /F  "eol=E tokens=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 delims=:/" %%i IN (dirtxt.txt) DO set dirname=%%j-%%k-%%l%dirname%

The return.txt file contains a carriage return (entered using Alt and the numeric keypad) that may be unnecessary now that the date command supports a /t switch.

[speising]

try it with

Code:

if "%TIME%" LEQ "10:00 AM"

that works for 24 hour time format, don't know about AM/PM, but since AM is alphabetically less than PM, it should work the same.