Question

I need to write a bat file which creates a new folder using current date and time for folder name. I came up with the following:

for /f 'tokens=1-3 delims=:,' %%i in ('%TIME%') do md %DATE%-%%i.%%j.%%k 

Does this code has any flaws? Is there an easier / more natural way to do it?

Answer 1

You can use a substring and the built-in %DATE% and %TIME% variables to do this:

@echo OFF  :: Use date /t and time /t from the command line to get the format of your date and :: time; change the substring below as needed.  :: This will create a timestamp like yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss. set TIMESTAMP=%DATE:~10,4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2%-%TIME:~0,2%-%TIME:~3,2%-%TIME:~6,2%  @echo TIMESTAMP=%TIMESTAMP%  :: Create a new directory md '%1\%TIMESTAMP%'