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

Question

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 go

Answer 1

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