Hi,

Is there a DOS command in windows 2000 to make a directory equal to todays
date in something like ISO format (YYYYMMDD - e.g. 20050519 for todays
date).

I tried
md "%date%"
but because of the /s in the date format it it made:
Thu 19\05\2005
which doesn't work because I need year first.

I guess maybe I could change the date format then change it back
aftwarwards?

PS: Why does SET /? give you heaps of detail - but in the Windows 2000 help
there is f**k all on set...?

Pete

"adeveloper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Is there a DOS command in windows 2000 to make a directory equal to todays
> date in something like ISO format (YYYYMMDD - e.g. 20050519 for todays
> date).
>
> I tried
> md "%date%"
> but because of the /s in the date format it it made:
> Thu 19\05\2005
> which doesn't work because I need year first.
>
> I guess maybe I could change the date format then change it back
> aftwarwards?
>
> PS: Why does SET /? give you heaps of detail - but in the Windows 2000
help
> there is f**k all on set...?
>

In answer to your last question: It seems you need to take the time to RTFM.

In answer to your main question: It's a straight application of
the set /? and for /? commands.

@echo off
for /F "tokens=2" %%a in ('echo %date%') do set d1=%%a
set d2=%d1:/=%
echo date=%d2%

This will make your folder for you from a batch file:

for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/- " %%A in ('date/T') do md %%C%%A%%B

"adeveloper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Is there a DOS command in windows 2000 to make a directory equal to todays
> date in something like ISO format (YYYYMMDD - e.g. 20050519 for todays
> date).
>
> I tried
> md "%date%"
> but because of the /s in the date format it it made:
> Thu 19\05\2005
> which doesn't work because I need year first.
>
> I guess maybe I could change the date format then change it back
> aftwarwards?
>
> PS: Why does SET /? give you heaps of detail - but in the Windows 2000 help
> there is f**k all on set...?
>
> Pete
>
>

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> @echo off
> for /F "tokens=2" %%a in ('echo %date%') do set d1=%%a
> set d2=%d1:/=%
> echo date=%d2%

Why is the command output form as in ('echo %date%') or ('date/t') so often
favored over the simple (%date%) form?


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"Tom Del Rosso" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >
> > @echo off
> > for /F "tokens=2" %%a in ('echo %date%') do set d1=%%a
> > set d2=%d1:/=%
> > echo date=%d2%
>
> Why is the command output form as in ('echo %date%') or ('date/t') so
often
> favored over the simple (%date%) form?

Whenever possible I use %date%. AFAIK it is not possible
to extract dd/mm/yy by just using %date% - I ***must***
first write it to the screen with an "echo" command. If you
know of a way then please post it!

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Whenever possible I use %date%. AFAIK it is not possible
> to extract dd/mm/yy by just using %date% - I ***must***
> first write it to the screen with an "echo" command. If you
> know of a way then please post it!

I'm surprised because I thought it was just as easy. Maybe we have a
miscommunication, but this is what I meant. These are fragments from two of
my batch files.

-----------
set backupdate=%date: =_%
set backupdate=%backupdate:/=-%
-----------

The next one re-orders the year, month, etc, so the variable can go into
names that are sortable. The output of ('time/t') is 12 hour and doesn't
have fractional seconds, but I wanted 24 hour format so (%time%) was
preferable here. The fractional seconds are discarded. I took a "snapshot"
of the date and time simultaneously because it might run around midnight.
(I inserted blank lines after the lines that are split by the newsreader to
make it readable.)

-----------
:Settimestamp
REM set environment variable with 'd-a-t-e_t-i-m-e'
set timesnapshot=%date% %time%
for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=/ " %%A in ("%timesnapshot%") do set
dt=%%D-%%B-%%C_%%A

for /f "Tokens=3,4 Delims=: " %%A in ("%timesnapshot%") do set tm=%%A-%%B
REM it is desirable to have 1-digit hours with leading 0 so sorting comes
out right

REM if second character is "-" then the hour has 1 digit
if "%tm:~1,1%"=="-" set tm=0%tm%
set dttm=%dt%_%tm%
goto :eof
-----------

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"Tom Del Rosso" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Whenever possible I use %date%. AFAIK it is not possible
> > to extract dd/mm/yy by just using %date% - I ***must***
> > first write it to the screen with an "echo" command. If you
> > know of a way then please post it!
>
> I'm surprised because I thought it was just as easy. Maybe we have a
> miscommunication, but this is what I meant. These are fragments from two
of
> my batch files.
>
> -----------
> set backupdate=%date: =_%
> set backupdate=%backupdate:/=-%
> -----------
>
> The next one re-orders the year, month, etc, so the variable can go into
> names that are sortable. The output of ('time/t') is 12 hour and doesn't
> have fractional seconds, but I wanted 24 hour format so (%time%) was
> preferable here. The fractional seconds are discarded. I took a
"snapshot"
> of the date and time simultaneously because it might run around midnight.
> (I inserted blank lines after the lines that are split by the newsreader
to
> make it readable.)
>
> -----------
> :Settimestamp
> REM set environment variable with 'd-a-t-e_t-i-m-e'
> set timesnapshot=%date% %time%
> for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=/ " %%A in ("%timesnapshot%") do set
> dt=%%D-%%B-%%C_%%A
>
> for /f "Tokens=3,4 Delims=: " %%A in ("%timesnapshot%") do set tm=%%A-%%B
> REM it is desirable to have 1-digit hours with leading 0 so sorting comes
> out right
>
> REM if second character is "-" then the hour has 1 digit
> if "%tm:~1,1%"=="-" set tm=0%tm%
> set dttm=%dt%_%tm%
> goto :eof
> -----------
>
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Very nice code, and an elegant alternative to my own suggestion.

Thanks.

RTFM - fair point.
But you still didn't tell me why set /? has much more details than the
windows 2000 help command reference on the SET command. I would expect the
help to be more details than the /? output.


"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "adeveloper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:d6hi94$4eb$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a DOS command in windows 2000 to make a directory equal to
todays
> > date in something like ISO format (YYYYMMDD - e.g. 20050519 for todays
> > date).
> >
> > I tried
> > md "%date%"
> > but because of the /s in the date format it it made:
> > Thu 19\05\2005
> > which doesn't work because I need year first.
> >
> > I guess maybe I could change the date format then change it back
> > aftwarwards?
> >
> > PS: Why does SET /? give you heaps of detail - but in the Windows 2000
> help
> > there is f**k all on set...?
> >
>
> In answer to your last question: It seems you need to take the time to
RTFM.
>
> In answer to your main question: It's a straight application of
> the set /? and for /? commands.
>
> @echo off
> for /F "tokens=2" %%a in ('echo %date%') do set d1=%%a
> set d2=%d1:/=%
> echo date=%d2%
>
>

"adeveloper" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks.
>
> RTFM - fair point.
> But you still didn't tell me why set /? has much more details than the
> windows 2000 help command reference on the SET command. I would expect
the
> help to be more details than the /? output.

Presumably because the people who use the set command
and its many switches feel very comfortable in a Command
Prompt environment. They rarely use the GUI help.