title: Windows batch scripting: Showing date, time and all output in logs
body: <p>I have made a script that I am going to call using windows scheduler to back up a Ruby on Rails app I have made.</p>
  
  <p>When I call the command normally in a command window, the output looks like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\admin\Desktop\app&gt;heroku db:pull --confirm app
      Loaded Taps v0.3.23
      Auto-detected local database: postgres://db:pass@127.0.0.1/app?encoding=utf8
      Warning: Data in the database 'postgres://db:pass@127.0.0.1/app?encoding=utf8' will be overwritten and
       will not be recoverable.
      Receiving schema
      Schema:          0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--
      Schema:         20% |========                                  | ETA:  00:00:21
      Schema:         40% |================                          | ETA:  00:00:18
      Schema:         60% |=========================                 | ETA:  00:00:12
      Schema:         80% |=================================         | ETA:  00:00:05
      Schema:        100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:29
      Receiving indexes
      schema_migrat:   0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--
      schema_migrat: 100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:05
      users:           0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--
      users:          50% |=====================                     | ETA:  00:00:05
      users:         100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:10
      Receiving data
      5 tables, 1,000 records
      table1: 100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
      table2:         100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
      table3: 100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
      table4:      100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
      table5:      100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:01
      Resetting sequences 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is my .bat:</p>
  
  <pre><code>heroku db:pull --confirm app &gt;&gt; log.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I run this twice, this is the output that goes into a file, log.txt</p>
  
  <pre><code>Loaded Taps v0.3.23
  Auto-detected local database: postgres://db:pass@127.0.0.1/webapp_development?encoding=utf8
  Warning: Data in the database 'postgres://db:pass@127.0.0.1/webapp_development?encoding=utf8' will be overwritten and will not be recoverable.
  Receiving schema
  
  
  
  
  
  Receiving indexes
  
  
  
  Receiving data
  5 tables, 1,000 records
  Resetting sequences
  
  Loaded Taps v0.3.23
  Auto-detected local database: postgres://db:pass@127.0.0.1/webapp_development?encoding=utf8
  Warning: Data in the database 'postgres://db:pass@127.0.0.1/webapp_development?encoding=utf8' will be overwritten and will not be recoverable.
  Receiving schema
  
  
  
  
  
  Receiving indexes
  
  
  
  Receiving data
  5 tables, 1,000 records
  Resetting sequences
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any way to include the exact console output, and also include dates and times of when the script was run? Thanks in advance.</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Start: 19/10/2012 12:08:04.90 
                                                                                 Schema:          0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--Schema:         20% |========                                  | ETA:  00:00:24Schema:         40% |================                          | ETA:  00:00:18Schema:         60% |=========================                 | ETA:  00:00:13Schema:         80% |=================================         | ETA:  00:00:06Schema:        100% |==========================================| ETA:  00:00:00Schema:        100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:32
                                                                                 schema_migrat:   0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--schema_migrat: 100% |==========================================| ETA:  00:00:00schema_migrat: 100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:05
                                                                                 users:           0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--users:          50% |=====================                     | ETA:  00:00:05users:         100% |==========================================| ETA:  00:00:00users:         100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:08
                                                                                 schema_migrat:   0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--schema_migrat:   7% |==                                        | ETA:  00:00:06schema_migrat: 100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
                                                                                 users:           0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--users:           3% |=                                         | ETA:  00:00:11users:         100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
                                                                                 projecttechno:   0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--projecttechno:   6% |==                                        | ETA:  00:00:05projecttechno: 100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
                                                                                 technols:        0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--technols:        7% |==                                        | ETA:  00:00:05technols:      100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
                                                                                 projects:        0% |                                          | ETA:  --:--:--projects:        1% |                                          | ETA:  00:00:54projects:      100% |==========================================| Time: 00:00:00
  Loaded Taps v0.3.23
  Auto-detected local database: postgres://postgres:a@127.0.0.1/webapp_development?encoding=utf8
  Warning: Data in the database 'postgres://postgres:a@127.0.0.1/webapp_development?encoding=utf8' will be overwritten and will not be recoverable.
  Receiving schema
  
  
  
  
  
  Receiving indexes
  
  
  
  Receiving data
  5 tables, 1,000 records
  Resetting sequences
  </code></pre>