make batch file that creates a folder with today's date then moves files from a folder in to that newly created folder

Question

I need to make a batch file that will make a folder with today\'s date in month day year format (example 080112). Then once it\'s created i need to move files from a set fol

Answer 1

@echo on

:: 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 e:\example\"%1\%TIMESTAMP%" xcopy /y c:\windows E:\windows\%TIMESTAMP% /e

@echo on