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.EXAMPLE.....: 07 Get user input
.CATEGORY....: examples
.DISCUSSION..:
.CODE........: 
@echo off
cls
echo Enter a date in mm-dd-ccyy format for validation

:: get user input
Fdate /fget /vUserDate1

:: validate user input using /Fv (validate function)
Fdate /fv /A%UserDate1% >nul
if errorlevel 1 echo Invalid date: %UserDate1%
if errorlevel 1 goto endit

:: put your batch file processing here ...
echo Processing date: %UserDate1%

:endit
:: cleanup
set UserDate1=