@echo off

for %%# in (/h /help -h -help) do (

if "%~1" equ "%%#" (

(echo()

echo %~nx0 [rtnVar] - gets last modified time of a file in YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:SS format

echo rtnVar - optional variable name where the result will be stored

(echo()

echo example:

echo call %~nx0 C:\file.ext lastModified

)

)

if "%~1" equ "" (

echo no file passed

exit /b 1

)

if not exist "%~f1" (

echo file "%~f1" does not exist

exit /b 2

)

if exist "%~f1\" (

echo "%~f1" is a directory but not a file

exit /b 3

)

set "file_loc=%~f1"

for %%# in ("%file_loc%") do set file_dir=%%~dp#

for %%# in ("%file_loc%") do set file_name=%%~nx#

pushd %file_dir%

for /f "skip=2 tokens=1,2" %%a in ('robocopy "." "%temp%" /l /fat /ts /LEV:1 /NP /NC /NS /NJS /NJH /IF "%file_name%"') do (

echo last modified date of "%~f1" :

echo %%a %%b

set "fdate_time=%%a %%b"

)

endlocal && (

if "%~2" neq "" set "%2=%fdate_time%"

exit /b %errorlevel%

)