Batch Program executes on a certian date?

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I've been trying to get a batch to start another batch on a certain date. (specified) I've tried all that I can think of. TIMEOUT does not work for this. Any suggestions? EDIT: I am sorry I didn't include enough information. by "batch" I meant to say batch, as in the language. I need to write a script with the language of batch to execute on a desired date. Say If I wrote this code in batch...

@echo off
:start
start notepad.exe
pause >nul
goto start

... and I wanted it to execute automatically on a specied date, such as November 25th, how would I go about doing so? Thank you for somewhat understanding.

Downvoted because the question lacks information. Which programming language? For which purpose? What exactly is "all I can think of"? — simonthesorcerer, Apr 01 '13 at 02:58
Please also include operating system. (Linux vs. Windows vs. ?) — Lynn Crumbling, Apr 01 '13 at 03:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '13 at 04:07

You could always use Task Scheduler to do the job - that's what it was built for.

You could try

at 23:30 /every:1,4,8,14,16,23,28 "yourbat.bat"

To run yourbat.bat at 23:30 (11:30pm) on the date(s) following the /every: (run each month) or many other options - see

at /?

from the prompt and be prepared to experiment a little.

But if you want to run on a specific day without using task scheduler (although AT simply schedules a job...) then you might add

if not "%date%"=="whateverdateyouwant" goto :eof

at the start of yourbat.bat code (and the target date must be in the same format as the date shown on aecho %date% instruction

But there are endless possibilities - like having a list of dates/times/processes in a file and matching these against the current date/time and using

if "%date%"=="%%A" if "%time%" gtr "%%B" start "" %%C

Where the precise construct depends on a more concrete definition of what you are doing and specification of the date and time formats you are using.

Thank you, I will try "if not "%date%"=="date" goto :a" I will report back if it works (I will have to wait until that date) — MabeeDev, Apr 01 '13 at 16:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '13 at 06:45

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The infinite loop will waste too many system resources. Task Scheduler is a good choice.

schtasks /create /tn "My App" /tr C:\test.bat /sc once /st 00:00:00 /sd 11/25/2013 /ru System

answered Apr 01 '13 at 06:45

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Thank you. I'm sorry I could not post results as I have had computer issues (hardware). This appears to have worked for the task I need. Now I just need to redo it. With the new hard drive and all. – MabeeDev Apr 11 '13 at 23:35

Batch Program executes on a certian date?

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