IFDATETIME Conditional branch upon date time comparison
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Syntax: |
IFDATETIMExx |
[ date1 ] [ date2 ] GOTO [ label ] |
Forms: |
IFDATETIME= |
[ date1 ] [ date2 ] GOTO [ label ] |
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IFDATETIME< |
[ date1 ] [ date2 ] GOTO [ label ] |
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IFDATETIME> |
[ date1 ] [ date2 ] GOTO [ label ] |
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IFDATETIME<= |
[ date1 ] [ date2 ] GOTO [ label ] |
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IFDATETIME>= |
[ date1 ] [ date2 ] GOTO [ label ] |
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IFDATETIME!= |
[ date1 ] [ date2 ] GOTO [ label ] |
Arguments: |
[ date1 ] |
Variable or string containing the formatted date and time string in the format of Sat Feb 16 11.00.22 2013. |
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[ date2 ] |
Variable or string containing the formatted date and time string in the format of Sat Feb 16 11.00.22 2013. |
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[ label ] |
A valid label within the current script file which is branched to if the date condition is satisfied. |
Options: |
none |
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This command is used to compare two specified date and time strings in the format of Sat Feb 16 11.00.22 2013.
When specifying a date, leading zeroes are required. The following are examples of valid date strings.
| Sun Jan 30 11.43.02 2000 | January 30, 2000 11:43:02 AM |
| Sat Dec 25 18.12.37 1999 | December 25, 1999 6:12:37 PM |
Syntactically, no space is permitted to the left of the ‘!’, '=', '<' or '>' symbols, and a space is required to the right of these symbols.
The following conditional branch is taken if the current date is past June 21, 2013 12:00:00 AM.
IFDATETIME> %datetime "Fri Jun 21 12.00.00 2013" GOTO later date
Related command(s): IFDATE, IFTIME, DATETIMEADD, DATETIMESUB, FILECOMPARETO, FILECOMPAREFROM
See also: Comparing Local and Remote Files, Comparing File Dates and Times, Using the %date, %datetime, and %time Variables