How do I get the current date and time using VBS (for Windows. I'm not looking for VBScript for ASP/ASPX or webpages).
Answer
Here's various date and time information you can pull in vbscript running under Windows Script Host (WSH):
Now = 2/29/2016 1:02:03 PM
Date = 2/29/2016
Time = 1:02:03 PM
Timer = 78826.31 ' seconds since midnight
FormatDateTime(Now) = 2/29/2016 1:02:03 PM
FormatDateTime(Now, vbGeneralDate) = 2/29/2016 1:02:03 PM
FormatDateTime(Now, vbLongDate) = Monday, February 29, 2016
FormatDateTime(Now, vbShortDate) = 2/29/2016
FormatDateTime(Now, vbLongTime) = 1:02:03 PM
FormatDateTime(Now, vbShortTime) = 13:02
Year(Now) = 2016
Month(Now) = 2
Day(Now) = 29
Hour(Now) = 13
Minute(Now) = 2
Second(Now) = 3
Year(Date) = 2016
Month(Date) = 2
Day(Date) = 29
Hour(Time) = 13
Minute(Time) = 2
Second(Time) = 3
Function LPad (str, pad, length)
LPad = String(length - Len(str), pad) & str
End Function
LPad(Month(Date), "0", 2) = 02
LPad(Day(Date), "0", 2) = 29
LPad(Hour(Time), "0", 2) = 13
LPad(Minute(Time), "0", 2) = 02
LPad(Second(Time), "0", 2) = 03
Weekday(Now) = 2
WeekdayName(Weekday(Now), True) = Mon
WeekdayName(Weekday(Now), False) = Monday
WeekdayName(Weekday(Now)) = Monday
MonthName(Month(Now), True) = Feb
MonthName(Month(Now), False) = February
MonthName(Month(Now)) = February
Set os = GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2:Win32_OperatingSystem=@")
os.LocalDateTime = 20131204215346.562000-300
Left(os.LocalDateTime, 4) = 2013 ' year
Mid(os.LocalDateTime, 5, 2) = 12 ' month
Mid(os.LocalDateTime, 7, 2) = 04 ' day
Mid(os.LocalDateTime, 9, 2) = 21 ' hour
Mid(os.LocalDateTime, 11, 2) = 53 ' minute
Mid(os.LocalDateTime, 13, 2) = 46 ' second
Dim wmi : Set wmi = GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2")
Set timeZones = wmi.ExecQuery("SELECT Bias, Caption FROM Win32_TimeZone")
For Each tz In timeZones
tz.Bias = -300
tz.Caption = (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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