Error on Creating Scheduled Task

[hydroxy]

Great tool, tho I'm getting this error,

[TechTank]

Hey hydroxy. Are you using the latest version form the github or did you download the zipped package?

[hydroxy]

I downloaded the zipped package from what I recall, I'll try the latest version

[TechTank]

Hey Hydroxy,
Its been a while, are you still interested in resolving this issue?
Brogan

[hydroxy]

Thanks for waiting, I missed your inital reply 2 weeks ago.

I've downloaded the main branch version from GitHub and still get the below error

[TechTank]

Hey Hydroxy,

Thanks for the response. The issue mostly surrounds the date string being parsed by Always Active Hours. This script I'm sending you is for the date/time diagnostics. The output could really help me solve the issue for you, and potentially other people with the same problem (if there are any). It will generate a text file in the same directory that you can send or copy paste is fine too!

Brogan

AAH Parser Debug.zip

[hydroxy]

Happy to help :)

AAH DATE-TIME PARSER DIAGNOSTIC

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REGISTRY INPUTS USED BY AAH

[sShortDate command output]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
sShortDate REG_SZ ddd, dd/MM/yyyy

[sDate command output]

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International
sDate REG_SZ ,

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RAW CMD.EXE DATE AND TIME STRINGS

%DATE%=[Mon, 13/07/2026]
%TIME%=[ 2:20:32.84]

========================================
CURRENT AAH DATE PARSER TRACE

shortDateFormat after FOR /F=[ddd, dd/MM/yyyy]
shortDateFormat after REG_SZ removal=[ddd, dd/MM/yyyy]
shortDateFormat after leading-space trim=[ddd, dd/MM/yyyy]

regLine=[sDate REG_SZ , ]
dateSeparator after removing through REG_SZ-space=[ , ]
dateSeparator after current AAH :~3 operation=[, ]
dateSeparator after current conditional trim=[, ]

dateStem initial=[ddd, dd/MM/yyyy]
dateStem after Y/M/D token replacement=[D, D/M/Y]
dateStem after delimiter removal=[DDMY]

dateCore initial=[Mon, 13/07/2026]
weekday removed by current parser=[Mon,]
dateCore after weekday removal=[13/07/2026]

part1=[13/07/2026]
part2=[]
part3=[]
order=[DDM]

mapped year before normalization=[]
mapped month before normalization=[]
mapped day before normalization=[]
year after current two-digit handling=[]

month after current name conversion=[]
normalized month=[]
numeric month value=[]
INVALID_MONTH=[1]

normalized day=[01]
numeric day value=[]
INVALID_DAY=[1]

FINAL YEAR=[]
FINAL MONTH=[]
FINAL DAY=[01]

========================================
CURRENT AAH TIME PARSER TRACE

now=[ 2:20:32.84]
split h=[2]
split m=[20]
split s=[32]
split ampm=[84]
trimmed h=[2]
trimmed m=[20]
trimmed s=[32]
trimmed ampm=[84]
padded h=[02]
padded m=[20]
padded s=[32]
numeric H before AM/PM=[2]
numeric M=[20]
numeric S=[32]
numeric H after AM/PM=[2]
FINAL HOUR=[2]
FINAL MINUTE=[20]
FINAL SECOND=[32]
FINAL hh=[02]
FINAL mm=[20]
FINAL ss=[32]
INVALID_TIME=[1]

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VALUES CURRENT AAH WOULD PLACE IN XML

formattedDate=[--01T02:20:32]
Date element=[--01T02:20:32]
StartBoundary element=[--01T00:00:00]

END OF DIAGNOSTIC

[TechTank]

Hydroxy,

Thank you so much for providing me with this information. For me, it has been very insightful. Your computers date pattern is different from what Windows offers me as a Canadian.

When you look at the date in your system tray, it has the day of the week, a comma, a space and then the date is separated by slashes. This is a pretty unique combination. Your registry says your date separator is a comma and a space. Mine says my date separator is a slash. The thing I have yet to see is the comma after the weekday, usually there is only a space and the separator typically indicates what separates the day, month and year. This helped me find a Microsoft document that states the sDate separator is somewhat deprecated and not always reliable. Maybe this is mumbo jumbo to you, I don't know, but it means a lot to me and the reliability of the script. There could certainly be others with system dates like yours, especially if the date format you use is typical for your region.

I hope you find some joy in the most recent push that has been inspired by you. Please let me know how it goes.

Brogan

[hydroxy]

That all made sense to me, I work in programming so I come across this type of thing often myself.

That's it working. Thanks for your help with this :)