dos yesterday's date

[marimo]

I know how to return current date like below.


set year=%date:~10,4%
set month=%date:~4,2%
set day=%date:~7,2%

echo %month%-%day%-%year%


but now I need to return yesterday's date. is it possible?

[ghostmachine4]

yes its possible to do with batch BUT at the expense of losing your brain cells.
try using vbscript

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DateAdd("d",-1,Now)

[avery_larry]

Probably the "easiest" way is dos is to convert to a julian date, subtract 1, and convert back to "normal" date using the various subroutines from this website:


http://www.dostips.com/DtTipsDateTime.php