Using Windows XP or Win 2003 Server.
Is there a way to make a batch file that will create a new folder with the
date?

For example, if it were this easy....,
MKDIR %DATE% would make a directory 11-13-2007

Thanks.

On Nov 13, 12:37 pm, "Jim" <stops...@redmond.com> wrote:
> Using Windows XP or Win 2003 Server.
> Is there a way to make a batch file that will create a new folder with the
> date?
>
> For example, if it were this easy....,
> MKDIR %DATE% would make a directory 11-13-2007
>
> Thanks.

This is the FAQ of FAQs for batch oriented programming. A google
search should easily find a myriad of examples along the lines of ...

:: Batch to creare a DATE named folder at the current location
echo off
for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('echo %date%') do mkdir %%c-%%a
%-%%b

I adjusted the US date format to make it the sortable yyyy-mm-dd
layout. Other locales would probably need to be %%c-%%b-%%a to yield
the same yyyy-mm-dd.

Tom Lavedas
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http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/

> Using Windows XP or Win 2003 Server.
> Is there a way to make a batch file that will create a new folder with the
> date?
>
> For example, if it were this easy....,
> MKDIR %DATE% would make a directory 11-13-2007

This is heavily dependent on your regional settings. What do you get when
you echo %date%? There are many ways to do it, but the most appropriate way
is to code for any possible date format. This requires a lot more code
though and is only necessary if you need to do it on many systems with
different regional formats. I generally do it this way using a short date
format of mm/dd/yyyy.

set dt=%date:/=-%&md %dt%

which just takes the input of %date% which is "11/14/2007" and replaces any
"/" with "-" to make it compatible with the characters windows accepts to
create a folder.

HTH

Matt



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That won't function; delayed expansion is sadly not a default behavior.

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"Matt Williamson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:473b4f73$0$26481$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Using Windows XP or Win 2003 Server.
>> Is there a way to make a batch file that will create a new folder
>> with the date?
>>
>> For example, if it were this easy....,
>> MKDIR %DATE% would make a directory 11-13-2007
>
> This is heavily dependent on your regional settings. What do you get
> when you echo %date%? There are many ways to do it, but the most
> appropriate way is to code for any possible date format. This requires
> a lot more code though and is only necessary if you need to do it on
> many systems with different regional formats. I generally do it this
> way using a short date format of mm/dd/yyyy.
>
> set dt=%date:/=-%&md %dt%
>
> which just takes the input of %date% which is "11/14/2007" and
> replaces any "/" with "-" to make it compatible with the characters
> windows accepts to create a folder.
>
> HTH
>
> Matt
>
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>

On Nov 17, 9:06 pm, "Dean Wells \(MVP\)"
<dwe...@maskmsetechnology.com> wrote:
> That won't function; delayed expansion is sadly not a default behavior.
>
> --
> Dean Wells [MVP / Directory Services]
> MSEtechnology
> [[ Please respond to the Newsgroup only regarding posts ]]
> R e m o v e t h e m a s k t o s e n d e m a i l
>
> "Matt Williamson" <ih8s...@spamsux.org> wrote in message
>
> news:473b4f73$0$26481$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >> Using Windows XP or Win 2003 Server.
> >> Is there a way to make a batch file that will create a new folder
> >> with the date?
>
> >> For example, if it were this easy....,
> >> MKDIR %DATE% would make a directory 11-13-2007
>
> > This is heavily dependent on your regional settings. What do you get
> > when you echo %date%? There are many ways to do it, but the most
> > appropriate way is to code for any possible date format. This requires
> > a lot more code though and is only necessary if you need to do it on
> > many systems with different regional formats. I generally do it this
> > way using a short date format of mm/dd/yyyy.
>
> > set dt=%date:/=-%&md %dt%
>
> > which just takes the input of %date% which is "11/14/2007" and
> > replaces any "/" with "-" to make it compatible with the characters
> > windows accepts to create a folder.
>
> > HTH
>
> > Matt
>
> > --
> > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

Nor does it remove the day-name that %DATE% returns, even if it is
done as successive statements. Though it is a better way to remove
the problematic hyphens for the stated reason of locale independance.

Working with Mr. Williamson's approach I was able to find this
adaptation that does NOT need delayed expansion ...

for /f "tokens=2" %a in ("%date:/=-%") do md %a

It solves both problems and remains one (rather complicated) statement
at the command line - or a single statement in a batch procedure when
the percent signs are doubled.

Tom Lavedas
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