Batch – File last modification time with seconds

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I want to know when a file has been modified for the last time.

I can get these infos using the following batch script: 

FOR %%i IN (myfile) DO SET modif_time=%%~ti

The problem is how to get the second of the last modification ? and the command %~t returns the date and the time with only hours and minutes.

I can only check the seconds by manually viewing the "property window" file by file.

How can I get the time with seconds in batch?

Best Answer

Using a Powershell snippet, you can overcome the console limitation:

FOR /f "usebackq tokens=2,3 skip=3" %%i IN (`powershell.exe "& {get-childitem .\foo -force | Select-Object FullName,LastWriteTime}"`) do set modif_time=%%i %%j

Also, take a look at this wmic.exe snippet:

wmic datafile where name='c:\\temp\\myfile' get LastModified

The output looks like:

LastModified
20150807125810.203014-420

Which may also be suitable for you.

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