/T switch missing in Windows98 Date/Time Command

[keldar]

Hi all, the /T switch does not appear to be available (or exist) in Windows 98.  I'm writing a batch file that involves displaying the date and time. e.g.,

echo The time is:
time /t

and writes it to a log as welll, e.g.,

time /t >> abc.log

Is there someway I can do this without having to use the /T switch?

Thanks,

Keldar

[Computer Hope Admin]

Have you tried the time examples posted on the below link?

http://www.computerhope.com/batch.htm#5

[Salmon Trout]

What's wrong with echo %time% >> abc.log?

[BC_Programmer]

What's wrong with echo %time% >> abc.log?

windows 98 doesn't have %time%. I actually was only about 80% sure so I just checked... it just says "echo is on"

[Salmon Trout]

Code: [Select]

@echo off
echo Print time$:SYSTEM>showtime.bas
qbasic /run showtime.bas>timenow.txt
type timenow.txt
type timenow.txt>>time.log


[BC_Programmer]

Code: [Select]

@echo off
echo Print time$:SYSTEM>showtime.bas
qbasic /run showtime.bas>timenow.txt
type timenow.txt
type timenow.txt>>time.log


They would need Qbasic from the \tools\oldmsdos\ folder of their CD, but that would work.

[Salmon Trout]

isn't QBasic installed by default? (I have to admit it's around 10 years since I last seriously used that antiquated relic (Windows 98 I mean)

[BC_Programmer]

isn't QBasic installed by default? (I have to admit it's around 10 years since I last seriously used that antiquated relic (Windows 98 I mean)

Nope, no version of windows installs it by default. They are on the CD-ROM, though.

[ghostdog74]

with win98, you can use vbscript using the wsh engine (version 1.0/2.0).