How to append date to directory path in xcopy
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Solution 1
This is method of getting a date stamp that doesn't depend on the regional settings. Wmic is available in Windows XP Pro and higher.
@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime ^| find "."') do set dt=%%a
set datestamp=%dt:~0,8%
set timestamp=%dt:~8,6%
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 stamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%
md "C:\Shared\copy-%stamp%"
xcopy here...
Solution 2
xcopy /S /E /I %sourceFolder% "C:\Shared\copy-%date:/=%\%destinationFolder%"
Solution 3
Just use %date%
in your command:
xcopy /S /E /I %sourceFolder% "C:\Shared\copy\copy-%date%"
Note: this will keep the date in the original format.
Assuming your local date format is Fri 06/07/2013
you can format it into 06072013
by cutting up the string like this:
%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%
So the final command will be:
xcopy /S /E /I %sourceFolder% "C:\Shared\copy\copy-%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~10,4%"
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user2434611
Updated on July 14, 2022Comments
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user2434611 almost 2 years
I do have a xcopy statement in bat file.. would you please help me to append today's date to one of directories in destination xcopy /S /E /I %sourceFolder% "C:\Shared\copy\%destinationFolder%"
today date is 06072013 so I want my destination look like below
C:\Shared\copy-today's date........
Thanks