Bob offered (and I thank him for this):-

>set yyy=%DATE%
>or to get the month value only=
>set yyy=%DATE:~4,2%

but to get the month, you need :-
set yyy=%DATE:~5,2%

so, 
set xDATE=%DATE%
set xccyy=%DATE:~0,4%
set xCC=%DATE:~0,2%
set xYY=%DATE:~2,2%
set xMM=%DATE:~5,2%
set xDD=%DATE:~8,2%


Neil

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