FTP Script for Windows - Miscellaneous commands

Syntax:

GETTIME(format)

format(optional): The following formats are available:

FORMAT0	YYYY_MM_DD-hh_mm_ss
FORMAT1	DD_MM_YYYY-hh_mm
FORMAT2	YYYY_MM_DD-hh_mm
FORMAT3	YYYYMMDD
FORMAT4	hhmm
YEAR	Current year in four digits format
MONTH	Current month in numerical format
DAY	Current day in numerical format
HOUR	Current hour
MIN	Current minut
SEC	Current second
WEEKDAY	Current day of week. Possible values are Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri or Sat
(hh: Hour, mm: Minute, DD: Day, MM: Month, YYYY: Year )

Return value:

The requested date data.

Remarks:

The format parameter is optional, you may call GETTIME without any parameters. In this case it will default to FORMAT0.
For date operations the FORMAT0 (which is YYYY_MM_DD-hh_mm_ss) must be used. For further information take a look at Advanced topics and rare features, section “Operations with dates”.

Command History:

YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MIN, SEC and WEEKDAY formats were added in ScriptFTP v2.2 Build 4th April 2006.

Examples:

# Print the current date in different formats:
PRINT(GETTIME(FORMAT1))
PRINT(GETTIME(FORMAT2))
PRINT(GETTIME(FORMAT3))
PRINT(GETTIME(FORMAT4))
 
# FORMAT1 is used by default:
PRINT(GETTIME)
 
# Get the current date
$date=GETTIME()
 
# Concatenate "BACKUP", the current date and ".txt" to build the log file name
$logfile="C:\BACKUP_LOGS\BACKUP-".$date.".txt"
 
# Start logging
LOGTO($logfile)
 
OPENHOST("ftp.host.com","myuser","mypassword")
PUTFILE("C:\PICS\*.jpg")
CLOSEHOST

# Use GETTIME and CONCAT to build custom
# date formats
$mymonth=GETTIME(MONTH)
$myyear=GETTIME(YEAR)
 
# Concatenate text
$mydate=$mymonth."-".$myyear
 
PRINT($mydate)
 
# Shorter way:
PRINT(GETTIME(MONTH)."-".GETTIME(YEAR))

# Calculate the month name based on the month number
$month_number = GETTIME(MONTH)
IF($month_number=="1")
   $month_name = "JAN"
END IF
IF($month_number=="2")
   $month_name = "FEB"
END IF
IF($month_number=="3")
   $month_name = "APR"
END IF
IF($month_number=="4")
   $month_name = "MAY"
END IF
IF($month_number=="5")
   $month_name = "JUN"
END IF
IF($month_number=="6")
   $month_name = "JUL"
END IF
IF($month_number=="7")
   $month_name = "AUG"
END IF
IF($month_number=="8")
   $month_name = "SEP"
END IF
IF($month_number=="10")
   $month_name = "OCT"
END IF
IF($month_number=="11")
   $month_name = "NOV"
END IF
IF($month_number=="12")
   $month_name = "DEC"
END IF
 
 
PRINT("The current month name is: ".$month_name)

GETTIME Get the current date and time