batch file to delete files older than a specified date [duplicate]

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I use this script:

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Deletes file older than a number of days 
// in the current directory
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Usage: wscript DeleteOlderThan.js [#Days]
// By default, remove files older than 30 days
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function removeDays(date, nDays)
{
    var dateRet = date
    return dateRet.setDate(date.getDate() - nDays);
}

function addSlash(strPath)
{
    var c = strPath.substr(-1, 1);
    if( c !== '\\' && c !== "https://stackoverflow.com/" )
    {
        strPath += '\\';
    }
    return strPath;
}

// Read arguments
var nDays = WScript.Arguments(0) || 30;

// Create system objects
var fs = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");

// Retrieve current directory
var strDirectoryPath = addSlash(shell.CurrentDirectory);

// Compute date
var dateNow = new Date();
var dateTest = removeDays(dateNow, nDays);

// Iterate on files
var folder = fs.GetFolder(strDirectoryPath);
var files = folder.Files;

for( var it = new Enumerator(files); !it.atEnd(); it.moveNext() )
{
    var file = it.item();

    if( file.DateLastModified < dateTest)
    {
        file.Delete(true);
    }
}

which I invoke every day with:

wscript "C:\Program Files\Utils\DeletesOlderThan.js" 30

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