how-to quickly get the current time in cmd and Windows

@echo off

:: file: GetNiceTime.cmd 

echo set hhmmsss

:: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings

for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=,: " %%a in ('echo %time%') do set hhmmsss=%%a%%b%%c

for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=,: " %%a in ('echo %time%') do set _hhmmsss=%%a:%%b:%%c

if /i %%a%%b%%c LSS 99999 SET hhmmsss=0%hhmmsss%

if /i %%a%%b%%c LSS 99999 SET _hhmmsss=0%_hhmmsss%

:: DEBUG PAUSE

ECHO hhmmsss IS %hhmmsss%

:: DEBUG PAUSE

:: echo yyyymmdd is %yyyymmdd%

:: this is Regional settings dependant so tweak this according your current settings

for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=. " %%D in ('echo %DATE%') do set  yyyymmdd=%%F%%E%%D

for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=. " %%D in ('echo %DATE%') do set  _yyyymmdd=%%F-%%E-%%D

::DEBUG 

ECHO yyyymmdd IS %yyyymmdd%

:: DEBUG PAUSE

set NICETIME=%yyyymmdd%_%hhmmsss%

set _NICETIME=%_yyyymmdd% %_hhmmsss%

:: THIS NEEDS THE CLIP.EXE command line tool from the windows server 2003 resource kit 

echo NICETIME IS %NICETIME% 

echo %_NICETIME%| CLIP

:: DEBUG PAUSE

echo THE NICETIME IS %NICETIME%

echo THE _NICETIME IS %_NICETIME%

:: DEBUG PAUSE

:: REQUIREMENTS

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:: CLIP - google download windows resource kit 

:: USAGE: 

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:: PLACE IN YOUR PATH 

:: Start - Run, type : GetNiceTime

:: Ctrl + V 

:: eof file: GetNiceTime.cmd