I have a backup batch file which creates a .log file with starttime, endtime, files backuped, etc. I combine all of that information into a file called transport.log, I want to rename that file with the current date such as 2006-03-24.log, or better yet 2006-3-24 backuo.log I'm fairly new to DOS batch files, and DOS commands in general, any help would be appreciated. -Jason

ren transport.log %DATE%.log More power, Mr. Scott! M2Go

That will work in XP CMD, not DOS. UNLESS your date layout contains illegal chars. To find out, do this: echo %DATE% More power, Mr. Scott! M2Go

"The syntax of the command is incorrect." I think it is do to the "/" in the date... it displays the date as 3/24/2006.

These two pages are applicable to XP but not MS-DOS as they diferent O/Ses: http://www.ss64.com/ntsyntax/index.html http://www.ss64.com/nt/

I got it figured out... here is what I ended up using. ______________________________ for /f "tokens=1,2" %%u in ('date /t') do set d=%%v for /f "tokens=1" %%u in ('time /t') do set t=%%u if "%t:~1,1%"==":" set t=0%t% set timestr=%d:~6,4%-%d:~0,2%-%d:~3,2% ren transport.log backup_%timestr%.log ______________________________