This batch file was created by Aran Spence [CIS: 70162,3044]. Its
function is to emulate the DOS DATE command, but allow the user to set
the date using a business Julian date format (yyjjj) instead of
mm-dd-yy.
Note the format is YYjjj. This is the BUSINESS Julian date: a date
expressed as the number of days from the beginning of the year,
when January 1 is day 1.
date BUSINESS Julian date
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Jan 5, 1992 92005
Jan 5, 1993 93005
Dec 31, 1993 93365 [Dec 31 is 365th day of year 1993]
As Aran originally wrote it, the user-prompt was virtually identical to
that of the DATE command. I have modified his original version, so it
now looks less like the DATE command but displays a bit more
information, and so it can operate from the command line.
If the user enters a business Julian date as a command-line
parameter, JDATE resets the date to that Julian date.
EXAMPLE: JDATE 92005
If there is no input parameter, /fget is used to prompt the user for a
date.
Note that the user must enter both of the year digits (yy),
but may enter an abbreviated set of day digits (jjj). That is,
for Julian day 92005, the user is permitted to enter 925.
One handy use for JDATE is simply to find out what the current
business Julian date is.