Hi to hall.
my first post...

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: need to copy \\Myserverdir\File.txt to C:\mydir\Test_(date_creation).txt

setlocal

:: the following are what I used to test - change to yours!
SET folder=\\SynDS214\share
set file=File.txt
set target=D:\Backup

:: get the file's date as dd/mm/yyyy
for /f "tokens=1" %%a in ('dir "%folder%\%file%" ^| find /i "%file%"') do set filedate=%%a

:: change the date to yyyymmdd
set date_created=%filedate:~6,4%%filedate:~3,2%%filedate=~0,2%

:: perform the copy, if the file is not present in the target
if not exist "%target%\Test_(%date_created%).txt" ^
copy "%folder%\%file%" "%target%\Test_(%date_created%).txt"

:: check on the copied file
dir "%target%\Test_(%date_created%).txt"

endlocal


why the conversion od date return 201607 instead 20160712

really i nee, in other case, 2016-07-12Try /......Try /......

?yyyy/mm/ddGetting a stable date and time format is the most FAQ since MSDOS V1.0
The fact that MS still hasn't provided it in cmd.exe boggles my mind.

These give you a reliable date and time format.



Code: [Select]@echo off
rem The four lines below will give you reliable YY DD MM YYYY HH MIN Sec MS variables in XP Pro and higher.
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%"
set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%" & set "MS=%dt:~15,3%"
set "datestamp=%YYYY%%MM%%DD%" & set "timestamp=%HH%%Min%%Sec%" & set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%-%Min%-%Sec%-%MS%"
echo datestamp: "%datestamp%"
echo timestamp: "%timestamp%"
echo fullstamp: "%fullstamp%"
pause

Code: [Select]@echo off
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a"
set "date-time=%dt:~0,4%-%dt:~4,2%-%dt:~6,2%_%dt:~8,2%-%dt:~10,2%-%dt:~12,2%"
echo date-time: "%date-time%"
pause