Creating folder using bat file

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%"

Answer 2

I use this bat

for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=. " %%i in ('date /t') do (
set Day=%%i
set Month=%%j
set Year=%%k
)

for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=: " %%i in ('time /t') do (
set Hour=%%i
set Minute=%%j
set Second=%%k
)


md %1\%Year%-%Month%-%Day%

Hope it helps.