%date% shows incomplete data - Windows CMD

Question

Whenever I try to echo %date% on my machine (Windows7) the output is always the day:

C:\> echo The output is: %date%
The output is: Tue

However, when I try this to other machines (Windows 7) the output is different:

C:\> echo The output is: %date%
The output is: Tue 06/06/2017

Anyone had experienced this issue? Any suggestion?

Thanks!!!

Do a set "date=" and try again. Looks like you created a variable %date% by mistake, which overrides the systemvariable. — Stephan
– Stephan, Commented Jun 6, 2017 at 8:10
go to the control panel -> regional settings and check your date format. Date command is dependent on the registry/control panel settings. — npocmaka
– npocmaka, Commented Jun 6, 2017 at 8:12
As @npocmaka said, it looks like you have a custom short date format. On the "Format" tab, click on "Additional setttings...", and on the "Date" tab check the "Short date" entry. It's probably "ddd" for the three-day abbreviation of the day of the week. — Eryk Sun
– Eryk Sun, Commented Jun 6, 2017 at 9:02
FYI, for cmd.exe in Windows 10, what happens here is that cmd!GetEnvVar implements this pseudo-environment variable (it is not a system environment variable) via cmd!PrintDate, which gets the user default locale via GetUserDefaultLCID and the LOCALE_SSHORTDATE format via GetLocaleInfo. Then it formats the date string via GetDateFormat. — Eryk Sun
– Eryk Sun, Commented Jun 6, 2017 at 9:03

npocmaka · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-13 13:46:45Z

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Go to the control panel -> regional settings and check your date format. Date command is dependent on the registry/control panel settings.

answered Jun 13, 2017 at 13:46

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