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

the expression %date:~p,n% returns n number of characters from position p in the date string.

if my system date string is Mon23/11/2015

the command %date:~1,3% returns the value Mon

the command %date:~10,4% returns the value 2015

and in conjunction with the md (or mkdir) command

the command md %date:~10,4%%date:~7,2%%date:~4,2% makes a directory named 20151123

likewise if your date string in in the format Monday, 23/Nov/2015

the command md %date:~16,4%%date:~12,3%%date:~9,2% makes a directory named 2015Nov23

If you accidentally return characters from the date string that are not allowed in folder names or use invalid values for p and n you will get an error. Additionally if you return values that include \ this may create a folder within a folder.