Hi,

I am going to use batch FILE to rename group of folders with timestamp so that I can perform backup and hosue-keeping tasks.

My current regional and language setting for date/time is dd/MM/yyyy and h:mm:ss respectively.

Therfore the name of folder would be xxxx_dd-MM-yyyy[hh.mm']

Here is the code:

@echo off
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/- " %%a in ("%date%") do set XDate=%%a-%%b-%%c
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=: " %%d in ("%time%") do set Xtime=[%%d.%%e']
set TimeStamp=%XDate%%XTime%
mkdir "%CD%\xxxx_%TimeStamp%"
move/y test*.TXT "%CD%\xxxx_%TimeStamp%" > nul


However, if I changed to different date/time format, the name would be changed accordingly.
for example:
yyyy/MM/dd will create a folder name with format of xxxx_yyyy-mm-dd[hh.mm']

Is it possible to create a timstamp as dd-MM-yyyy[hh.mm'] from different date/time setting ?

Thanks,
Thomaswell if you are asking what i think you are, you would take
Code: [Select]for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=/- " %%a in ("%date%") do set XDate=%%a-%%b-%%c
and rearrange %%a %%b %%c accordingly
%%a = day
%%b = month
%%c = year


correct me if im not understanding your question?Sorry, it is not I want.

Actually, my batch code will be used in other PC clients but I don't know what
Date/Time setting they are using.

Therefore, I'm afraid that the generated Date/Time format
would not be what I expected.

I think using system variables ("%Date%") and ("%Time%") only get the Date/Time format according to the setting in Regional and Language setting.

I wonder whether there is a way to get the fields of yyyy, MMM, and dd
from system clock so that I can format to a proper format.

Thanks,
Thomas ok, with an intense 10 minutes of searching google, i have came upon this:
which at the end, gives out the year(yyyy) month(mm) day(dd) and day of week(dow)
Code: [Select] @echo off
if %1/==:/ goto %2
if NOT %1/==/?/ goto Begin
for %%C in (echo. goto:End) do %%C
:Begin --------------------------------------------------------------
echo. | date | FIND "(mm" > NUL
if NOT errorlevel 1 %0 : %OS%Parse MM DD
%0 : %OS%Parse DD MM
:Windows_NTParse ----------------------------------------------------
for /F "tokens=1-4 delims=/.- " %%A in ('date /T') do if %%D!==! (
set %3=%%A&set %4=%%B&set YYYY=%%C
) else (
set DOW=%%A&set %3=%%B&set %4=%%C&set YYYY=%%D)
goto End
:Parse --------------------------------------------------------------
for %%C in (md cd) do %%C @[emailprotected]
echo @prompt set _D=$D$_> ~tmp1.bat
%COMSPEC% /e:2048 /c ~tmp1.bat > ~tmp2.bat
call ~tmp2
echo %_D% | FIND "/" > NUL
if NOT errorlevel 1 goto Slash
lfnfor on > "%_D%.-"
ren "%_D%.-" "??? ?? ?? ????"
for %%F in ("??? ?? ?? ????") do set _D=%%F
lfnfor off
:Slash
echo set DOW=%%%3%%>~tmp1.bat
for %%S in ("%3=%%%4%%" "%4=%%YYYY%%" "YYYY=%%1") do echo set %%S>>~tmp1.bat
for %%S in (%_D%) do call ~tmp1 %%S
echo %_D% | FIND "/" > NUL
if errorlevel 1 goto Cleanup
echo @prompt set %4=$%%%4%%$_set YYYY=$%YYYY%$_ > ~tmp1.bat
%COMSPEC% /e:2048 /c ~tmp1.bat > ~tmp2.bat
call ~tmp2
:Cleanup
for %%C in ("set _D=" cd.. "deltree /y @[emailprotected] > NUL") do %%C
:End ----------------------------------------------------------------
echo YYYY=%YYYY% MM=%MM% DD=%DD% DOW=%DOW%
pauseYou can get the day, month and year in a standard format, independent of the local settings, in Visual Basic Script. It is quite easy to do this from a batch file. A one-line VBS script can be created "on-the-fly", used to get the day, month and year, and then deleted. the VBS Day(Date) and Month(Date) FUNCTIONS return a single figure if the day or month is before the 10th so we can add a leading ZERO in these cases to get the dd mm and yyyy format.

Code: [Select]@echo off
echo Wscript.echo eval(WScript.Arguments(0))>"%temp%\evaluate.vbs"
For /f %%D in ( ' cscript //nologo "%temp%\evaluate.vbs" "day(date)" ' ) do set /a d=%%D
For /f %%M in ( ' cscript //nologo "%temp%\evaluate.vbs" "month(date)" ' ) do set /a m=%%M
For /f %%Y in ( ' cscript //nologo "%temp%\evaluate.vbs" "year(date)" ' ) do set yyyy=%%Y
del "%temp%\evaluate.vbs"
if %d% LSS 10 (set dd=0%d%) else (set dd=%d%)
if %m% LSS 10 (set mm=0%m%) else (set mm=%m%)

echo dd %dd%
echo mm %mm%
echo yyyy %yyyy%
echo dd-mm-yyyy %dd%-%mm%-%yyyy%
echo dd/mm/yyyy %dd%/%mm%/%yyyy%
echo yyyymmdd %yyyy%%mm%%dd%Thank you for your suggestions.

Chris(BatchFileBasics) codes still does not fit my requirement.
I had tested with different Date/Time setting but generated
different format. for example:
it gives YYYY=Sun MM=09 DD=08 DOW=16 for d/MM/yy
but it gives YYYY=16 MM=08 DD=2009 DOW= for yyyy/MM/dd

Any ideal?

Salmon's code works FINE, but my clients' working
environment does not allow to use VBscripts.

Thanks,
Thomas