Get System Date/Time

[BillCAD]

I just discovered AutoIt about a week ago and am very eager to learn more about using it. I had been using WinBatch from about '96 up until 2003 and have done some interesting and unique things with it (for me anyway, "I'm not a programmer but I play one on TV!" ). Since changing jobs in '03 I have not been responsible for PC/IT stuff anymore so I haven't had to create any gadgets or applets for a while. Recently I was challenged with a situation where an NC program for a Haas mill required to be scaled in the X and Y axis but not Z. The Haas controller does not have the capability of independent axis scaling so I tried to do it in BobCAD (Cad/Cam software used to create the NC programs from solid models), but, to my dismay, BobCAD does not have independent scaling capability either. My thought was "I could use WinBatch to create an app that would read in the NC file, parse the Z values, scale them and output the program with the altered Z values." Well the version of WinBatch I was using (WB99) is quite out of date and actually belongs to my previous employer anyway. My current employer would not spend the money, especially for the compiler version so I started searching online. For some reason I found myself on the Wikipedia page for WinBatch when I noticed AutoIt in the "See also" section at the bottom of the page. I was so excited to learn that it was exactly what I was looking for (including compiler), and it's FREE. I spent a few hours Friday night reading through the FAQs, function reference and assorted notes and info. Sunday around 2:00pm I downloaded AutoIt and started playing with some of the examples and writing code. At 10:45pm I had a working EXE file that would do what I wanted! I have been tweaking it throughout the week and have probably put another 8-10 hours in it, but while it is not completely robust, it is now more intelligent and ready to do the job!

OK, enough blowing smoke, there is a question here. How do I get the system date and time? My script renames the original file and recreates a new file under the original name, so I was able to use FileGetTime since the file was just created. Of course there may be situations where I need to retrieve this info without any file manipulation involved. Is there a trick? Thanks for this software AND this forum, I did quite a few searches and got some good answers here. Keep up the good work!

[erik7426]

I just discovered AutoIt about a week ago and am very eager to learn more about using it. I had been using WinBatch from about '96 up until 2003 and have done some interesting and unique things with it (for me anyway, "I'm not a programmer but I play one on TV!" ). Since changing jobs in '03 I have not been responsible for PC/IT stuff anymore so I haven't had to create any gadgets or applets for a while. Recently I was challenged with a situation where an NC program for a Haas mill required to be scaled in the X and Y axis but not Z. The Haas controller does not have the capability of independent axis scaling so I tried to do it in BobCAD (Cad/Cam software used to create the NC programs from solid models), but, to my dismay, BobCAD does not have independent scaling capability either. My thought was "I could use WinBatch to create an app that would read in the NC file, parse the Z values, scale them and output the program with the altered Z values." Well the version of WinBatch I was using (WB99) is quite out of date and actually belongs to my previous employer anyway. My current employer would not spend the money, especially for the compiler version so I started searching online. For some reason I found myself on the Wikipedia page for WinBatch when I noticed AutoIt in the "See also" section at the bottom of the page. I was so excited to learn that it was exactly what I was looking for (including compiler), and it's FREE. I spent a few hours Friday night reading through the FAQs, function reference and assorted notes and info. Sunday around 2:00pm I downloaded AutoIt and started playing with some of the examples and writing code. At 10:45pm I had a working EXE file that would do what I wanted! I have been tweaking it throughout the week and have probably put another 8-10 hours in it, but while it is not completely robust, it is now more intelligent and ready to do the job!

OK, enough blowing smoke, there is a question here. How do I get the system date and time? My script renames the original file and recreates a new file under the original name, so I was able to use FileGetTime since the file was just created. Of course there may be situations where I need to retrieve this info without any file manipulation involved. Is there a trick? Thanks for this software AND this forum, I did quite a few searches and got some good answers here. Keep up the good work!

Try this:

#Include <Date.au3>
_Now()

[AdmiralAlkex]

There are a couple of macros for this, see "Macro Reference" in the helpfile.

@HOUR

@MIN

and more...

[BillCAD]

There are a couple of macros for this, see "Macro Reference" in the helpfile.@HOUR@MINand more...

BINGO! I feel like such a ... well, NEWBIE! I had completely ignored the Macros as I didn't think of them as being used in that way, but rather something you have to create to do a task for you. CNC head, I guess. Already fixed and tested it! Thanks!