Dates In Batch File Question

[dbrooks74]

I am hoping someone can help me to figure out what I am doing wrong. I have the following batch file

@Echo Off
Echo Copying All Files To Reports Folder
ECHO ------------------------- >> \\SERVER\FOLDER\ComUpload\%DATE%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
ECHO %username% - %DATE% %TIME% >> \\SERVER\FOLDER\ComUpload\%DATE%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
ECHO Moving The Following Files: >> \\SERVER\FOLDER\ComUpload\%DATE%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
MOVE /Y Z:\*.doc \\76718\Reports\ >> \\SERVER\FOLDER\ComUpload\%DATE%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
PAUSE

The place I am having a problem with is where it says %DATE%. I really need to have a new folder created every new date that this program is run so the document does not get huge and it is much more manageable.

I understand that %DATE% sends the date with the weekday in front of the date, and ideas on how I can strip that out, maybe that would work.

Thanks -dan

 

[wolluf]

set NEWDATE=%DATE:~-10% gives me a value of DD/MM/YYYY in NEWDATE (Uk date format) - ie, last 10 characters of %DATE%.

 

[dbrooks74]

That puts me on the right path. Thanks for your help. -db

 

[Jocsta]

unfortunately you cant use %DATE% directly as it contains forward slashes... try something like this.

******************************************************
@Echo Off

rem set up an env-var called output
FOR /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('DATE/T') do SET output=\\SERVER\FOLDER\ComUpload\%%a-%%b-%%c-%%d

rem create the output directory
if not exist %output% mkdir %output%


Echo Copying All Files To Reports Folder
ECHO ------------------------- >> %output%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
ECHO %username% - %DATE% %TIME% >> %output%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
ECHO Moving The Following Files: >> %output%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
MOVE /Y Z:\*.doc \\76718\Reports\ >> %output%\ReportsFromCompany.txt
PAUSE
****************************************************

<< JOC >>

 

[dbrooks74]

I combined your two responses and came up with the perfect solution. Thanks for all of your help. -db

 

[wolluf]

Joc,

See you're still wielding a fair old command line!

 

[Jocsta]

Heh, it took me forever to try and work that stuff out years ago - nice to get some use out of it once in a while!!

JOC