How to create a folder with name as current date in batch (.bat) files

I don't know much about windows .bat file syntax. My simple requirement is to create a folder at a specific location with name as current date. I tried searching this on google but didn't get any good option. Is there any way to do this?

This should work:

mkdir %date%

If it doesn't, try this:

setlocal enableextensions
mkdir %date%

Try this (an equivalent of bash backquotes):

for /f "tokens=1* delims=" %%a in ('date /T') do set datestr=%%a
mkdir %datestr%


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You need to get rid of the '/' characters in the date before you can use it in mkdir like this:

setlocal enableextensions
set name=%DATE:/=_%
mkdir %name%

mkdir %date:~-4,4%%date:~-10,2%%date:~7,2%

echo var D = new Date() > tmp.js
echo D = (D.getFullYear()*100+D.getMonth()+1)*100+D.getDate() >> tmp.js
echo WScript.Echo( 'set YYYYMMDD='+D ) >> tmp.js
echo @echo off > tmp.bat
cscript //nologo tmp.js >> tmp.bat
call tmp.bat
mkdir %YYYYMMDD%

Quick and dirty: If you can live with the date being UTC instead of local, you can use:

for /f "skip=1" %%d in ('wmic os get localdatetime') do if not defined mydate set mydate=%%d
md %mydate:~0,8%

Works in all locales. Only on XP and higher, though.

I had a problem with this because my server ABSOLUTELY had to have its date in MM/dd/yyyy format, while I wanted the directory to be in YYYY-MM-DD format for neatness sake. Here's how to get it in YYYY-MM-DD format, no matter what your regional settings are set as.

Find out what gets displayed when you use %DATE%:

From a command prompt type:

ECHO %DATE%

Mine came out 03/06/2013 (as in 6th March 2013)

Therefore, to get a directory name as 2013-03-06, code this into your batch file:

SET dirname="%date:~6,4%-%date:~0,2%-%date:~3,2%"
mkdir %dirname%

this is a more simpler solution.

@ECHO OFF
set name=%date%
echo %name%
mkdir %name%

for /F “tokens=1-4 delims=/ ” %%A in (‘date /t’) do (
set DateDay=%%A
set DateMonth=%%B
set DateYear=%%C
)
set CurrentDate=%DateDay%-%DateMonth%-%DateYear%
md %CurrentDate%

This will give you a newly created folder with today’s date, in the format of DD-MM-YY

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