How to create a folder with name as current date in batch bat files

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I don t know much about windows  bat file syntax  My simple requirement is to create a folder at a specific location with name as current date  I tried searching this on google but didn t get any good option  Is there any way to do this

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Try this  an equivalent of bash backquotes    for  f  tokens 1  delims     a in   date  T   do set datestr   a mkdir  datestr    For further information  see http   ss64 com nt for cmd html

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Use this batch script made by me    echo off title Folder Creator color b setlocal enabledelayedexpansion echo Enter the folder name  you can use these codes  echo  t - Time  eg  16 29  echo  d - Date  eg  17-02-19  echo  a - Day  eg  17  echo  m - Month  eg  02  echo  y - Year  eg  19  echo  f - Full Year  eg  2019  echo  set  p foldername Folder Name  set foldername  foldername  t  time  0 5   set foldername  foldername  d  date  0 2 - date  3 2 - date  8 2   set foldername  foldername  a  date  0 2   set foldername  foldername  m  date  3 2   set foldername  foldername  y  date  8 2   set foldername  foldername  f  date  6 4   md  foldername    For example if you wanted to make a folder named the date in the DD-MM-YY format you would type   d  but if you wanted to do that in the DD-MM-YYYY format you would type   a- m- f

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Thanks for the info all  very helpful  I needed something that could create  backup  folder as often as every minute in the same directory  as well as call on it later in the script  Here s what I came up with      echo off  CD  userprofile  desktop  SET Datefolder   DATE  4 2 - DATE  7 2 - DATE  12 2   time  1 1  time  3 2    MD   Datefolder     This gives me a folder on the currently logged on user s desktop named  mm-dd-yy hmm  hour minute minute  ie  07-28-15 719

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If your locale has date format  DDMMYYYY  you ll have to set it this way   set datestr  date  -4 4  date  3 2  date  -10 2  mkdir  datestr

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I am sitting in exactly the same boat as you as soon as i am AM before 10 i cannot use the below  i have set my time from 12hr to 24 hr  changed hh mm to HH mm I have tried most of the codes i could find  below will help at least a little  tweak and fix     Below may help also  set DD  DATE  0 2   set MM  DATE  3 2   set YY  DATE  8 2   set YYYY  DATE  6 4   set hh  hh   0   set mm  TIME  3 2   if   time  0 1           set folderdate 0 time  1 1   ELSE set folderdate  time  0 2   mkdir folderdate  date  6  date  3 2  date  0 2   folderdate  time  3 2   copy  Makereport  CSV  Makereport  folderdate    cd  folderdate  REM -  7zip in c  batch  Path   c  batch  7z a Retail zip   CSV -pRetailPassword  cd    del   csv

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This should work   mkdir  date    If it doesn t  try this   setlocal enableextensions mkdir  date

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I needed both the date and time and used   mkdir  date - time  0 2   time  3 2   time  6 2    Which created a folder that looked like  2018-10-23-17 18 34  The time had to be concatenated because it contained   which is not allowed on Windows

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for  F    tokens 1-4 delims         A in     date  t     do       set DateDay   A     set DateMonth   B     set DateYear   C   set CurrentDate  DateDay - DateMonth - DateYear  md  CurrentDate    This will give you a newly created folder with today   s date  in the format of DD-MM-YY  Sourced from  Ali s Knowledge Base

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You ll like this   change it so that it can suit your requirements   mkdir today Copy Desktop test1     today setlocal enableextensions set name  DATE      Rename  today   OlddatabaseBackup   name

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this is a more simpler solution    ECHO OFF set name  date  echo  name  mkdir  name

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For YYYY MM DD format with HUN settings use following  It converts  quot 2021  02  23  quot  to  quot 2021 02 23 quot   SET dirname  quot  date  0 5  date  6 3  date  10 2  quot  md  dirname

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setlocal enableextensions  set name   DATE       mkdir  name    to create only one folder like  Tue 01 28 2020

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I use the next code to make a file copy  e g  test txt  before replacing   cd  d   dp0 set backupDir  date  7 2 - date  -10 2 - date  -2 2   time  0 2   time  3 2   time  6 2  echo make dir  backupDir      md   backupDir   copy test txt  backupDir    It creates directory in format DD-MM-YY HH MM SS and places text txt there  Time with seconds in the name is necessary to create directory without additional verification

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Quick and dirty  If you can live with the date being UTC instead of local  you can use   for  f  skip 1    d in   wmic os get localdatetime   do if not defined mydate set mydate   d md  mydate  0 8    Works in all locales  Only on XP and higher  though

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https   stackoverflow com a 31789045 1010918 foxidrive s answer helped me get the folder with the date and time I wanted  I would like to share this method here since it worked great for me and I think it could help other people too  regardless of their locale   rem The four lines below will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH Min Sec MS variables in XP Pro and higher   for  f  tokens 2 delims      a in   wmic OS Get localdatetime  value   do set  dt   a  set  YY  dt  2 2    amp  set  YYYY  dt  0 4    amp  set  MM  dt  4 2    amp  set  DD  dt  6 2   set  HH  dt  8 2    amp  set  Min  dt  10 2    amp  set  Sec  dt  12 2    amp  set  MS  dt  15 3     set  dirname  YYYY - MM - DD   HH - Min - Sec        remove echo here if you like  echo  dirName    dirName

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G   cd G  app   mkdir  date  7 2  date  -10 2  date  -4 4    cd  date  7 2  date  -10 2  date  -4 4    sqlplus sys sys as sysdba  c  new

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This depends on the regional settings of the computer  so first check the output of the date using the command prompt or by doing an echo of date   To do so  create a batch file and add the below content  echo  date      pause     It produces an output  in my case it shows Fri 05 06 2015   Now we need to get rid of the slash      For that include the below code in the batch file   set temp  DATE       if you echo the  temp   you can see the date without the slash in it     Now all you need to do is formatting the date in the way you want   For example I need the date in the format of YYYYMMDD  then I need to set the dirname as below  To explain how this works  we need to compare the value of temp  Fri 05062015   now position each characters with numbers starting with 0      Fri 0506201 5      01234567891011   So for the date format which I need is 20150605   The Year 2015  in which 2 is in the 8th position  so from 8th position till 4 places  it will make 2015   The month 06  in which 0 is in the 6th position  so from 6th position till 2 places  it will make 06   The day 05  in which 0 is in the 4th position  so from 4th position till 2 places  it will make 05   So finally to set up the final format  we have the below   SET dirname   temp  8 4  temp  6 2  temp  4 2     To enhance this date format with  -  or     in between the date  month and year   you can modify with below   SET dirname   temp  8 4 - temp  6 2 - temp  4 2     or   SET dirname   temp  8 4   temp  6 2   temp  4 2     So the final batch code will be                                                            echo off     set temp  DATE     set dirname   temp  8 4  temp  6 2  temp  4 2   mkdir  dirname                                                            The directory will be created at the place where this batch executes

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echo var D   new Date    gt  tmp js  echo D    D getFullYear   100 D getMonth   1  100 D getDate    gt  gt  tmp js  echo WScript Echo   set YYYYMMDD   D    gt  gt  tmp js  echo  echo off  gt  tmp bat  cscript   nologo tmp js  gt  gt  tmp bat  call tmp bat mkdir  YYYYMMDD

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I had a problem with this because my server ABSOLUTELY had to have its date in MM dd yyyy format  while I wanted the directory to be in YYYY-MM-DD format for neatness sake  Here s how to get it in YYYY-MM-DD format  no matter what your regional settings are set as   Find out what gets displayed when you use  DATE    From a command prompt type    ECHO  DATE    Mine came out 03 06 2013  as in 6th March 2013   Therefore  to get a directory name as 2013-03-06  code this into your batch file   SET dirname   date  6 4 - date  0 2 - date  3 2   mkdir  dirname

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the expression  date  p n  returns n number of characters from position p in the date string   if my system date string is Mon23 11 2015   the command   date  1 3   returns the value  Mon  the command   date  10 4   returns the value  2015   and in conjunction with the md  or mkdir  command   the command  md  date  10 4  date  7 2  date  4 2   makes a directory named  20151123   likewise if your date string in in the format  Monday  23 Nov 2015   the command  md  date  16 4  date  12 3  date  9 2   makes a directory named  2015Nov23   If you accidentally return characters from the date string that are not allowed in folder names or use invalid values for p and n you will get an error  Additionally if you return values that include   this may create a folder within a folder

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You need to get rid of the     characters in the date before you can use it in mkdir like this   setlocal enableextensions set name  DATE      mkdir  name

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This works for me  try   ECHO  DATE  7 2   DATE  4 2   DATE  12 2

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If you want mm-dd-yyyy format you can use    mkdir  date  -10 2  -  date  7 2  -  date  -4 4

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mkdir  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  7 2

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this worked better for me     echo off     set temp  DATE     set dirname   temp  4 4  temp  2 2  temp  0 2   mkdir  dirname

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