how to set date to current date using dos batch file command

Question

how to set date to current date using dos batch file command.

Answer 1

The date command is what you are looking for. This works on my Windows XP box:

date 15-02-2010

Notice the formatting dd-MM-yyyy, which seems to be required here, probably because of my regional settings being set to Denmark. The documentation states that the format is MM-dd-yy, but on my computer, the day and month fields gets flipped if the date is written in that format.