Making a directory with a date?

13 Nov 2007 5:39 PM

Jim

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.

13 Nov 2007 6:15 PM

j9

Take a visit to
http://blog.209software.com/2004/10/dos-batch-file-fun-creating.html . This
will show you how to make dated directories of all sorts...

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"Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>

13 Nov 2007 7:59 PM

Pegasus (MVP)

Unfortunately the author of this page got things somewhat confused.
He wrote that the command should look like so in a batch file:

echo md %%date:~-4,4%%\%%date:~-10,2%%\%%date:~-7,2%%

whereas in "DOS" it should look like so:

echo md %date:~-4,4%\%date:~-10,2%\%date:~-7,2%

There are two problems here:
a) There is no DOS under Windows, only the Command Prompt.
b) The first command is wrong. The second command is correct,
both in a batch file and in a Command Prompt.

You could also use this syntax, giving you a somewhat different result:

echo md "%date:/=%"

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"j9" <j*@1aprop.com> wrote in message
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> Take a visit to
> http://blog.209software.com/2004/10/dos-batch-file-fun-creating.html .
> This
> will show you how to make dated directories of all sorts...
>
>
> "Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
> news:uoOTawhJIHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
>

14 Nov 2007 11:09 AM

David Webb

I use the following script within CMD files in Win2K, WinXP, and Vista to create
folders named in the mmddyyyy format:

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

I am not the author of this script...all I know is that it works.

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"Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>

15 Nov 2007 2:58 PM

Jim

Is this the entire script? It doesn't seem to run.

Thanks.
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"David Webb" <dwebb***@earthling.net> wrote in message
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>I use the following script within CMD files in Win2K, WinXP, and Vista to
>create
> folders named in the mmddyyyy format:
>
> for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/- " %%A in ('date/T') do set mdate=%%A%%B%%C
> md %mdate%
>
> I am not the author of this script...all I know is that it works.
>
> "Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
> news:uoOTawhJIHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
>

15 Nov 2007 3:50 PM

Pegasus (MVP)

You must place both lines into a batch file, then run the
batch file. If you still have a proble, post your version
of the batch file here and quote all error messages.
"It does not seem to run" does not tell us a great deal.

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"Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
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> Is this the entire script? It doesn't seem to run.
>
> Thanks.
> "David Webb" <dwebb***@earthling.net> wrote in message
> news:eKYtK7qJIHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I use the following script within CMD files in Win2K, WinXP, and Vista to
>>create
>> folders named in the mmddyyyy format:
>>
>> for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/- " %%A in ('date/T') do set mdate=%%A%%B%%C
>> md %mdate%
>>
>> I am not the author of this script...all I know is that it works.
>>
>> "Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
>> news:uoOTawhJIHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

15 Nov 2007 9:25 PM

David Webb

Yes, that's all there is to it.

To create the command file, create a new text file on your top level folder,
open it and
copy the script contents then paste them into the body of this new file and then
save (using save-as) the file as "CreateDateFolder.cmd", with the quotes. You
should then have a New
Document.txt and a CreateDateFolder.cmd in your folder. You can delete the TXT
file.

If you prefer a batch file, use the BAT file extension instead of CMD.

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"Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
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> Is this the entire script? It doesn't seem to run.
>
> Thanks.
> "David Webb" <dwebb***@earthling.net> wrote in message
> news:eKYtK7qJIHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >I use the following script within CMD files in Win2K, WinXP, and Vista to
> >create
> > folders named in the mmddyyyy format:
> >
> > for /F "tokens=2-4 delims=/- " %%A in ('date/T') do set mdate=%%A%%B%%C
> > md %mdate%
> >
> > I am not the author of this script...all I know is that it works.
> >
> > "Jim" <stopspam@redmond.com> wrote in message
> > news:uoOTawhJIHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> 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.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>