ECHO OFF
CLS
REM This batch file uses the DATE & TIME commands to create
REM two batch files. These are invoked in turn.
REM When they chain back to to this batch file,
REM time, or day + date are passed as parameters %3 and %3, %4.

IF NOT "%ECHO%"=="" ECHO %ECHO%
rem CURRENT.BAT

IF (%1)==() GOTO SETUP
IF (%1)==(date) GOTO SETDATE
IF (%1)==(time) GOTO SETTIME

:SETUP

REM ECHO and MORE are to get a [CR] into DATE
ECHO ANY NON BLANK STRING | MORE | DATE > \DDATE.BAT
ECHO ANY NON BLANK STRING | MORE | TIME > \TTIME.BAT
\DDATE

:SETDATE
SET DAY=%3
SET DATE=%4
TTIME

:SETTIME
SET TIME=%3

DEL \DDATE.BAT
DEL \TTIME.BAT

ECHO.
ECHO The environment variables DAY DATE & TIME have been set up
ECHO as shown.
ECHO.
SET