Hi, I need to append a date stamp to an output file name. Eg, abc_.txt I tried using abc_%date%.txt as the output file syntax and it wouldn't accept. I could echo %date% correctly though. Any tips? Thanks in advance! Edwin Lee

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I've managed to come up with a solution to my problem, and I'm sharing it with the rest: Basically, I used 2 batch files; the first one, date1.bat sets the date/time. The second batch file, dumplog.cmd is an example of an event log dump with date/time stamp on it. REM Assumes MM-DD-YYYY format. REM Assumes date separator is "/". IF NOT '%1'=='' GOTO SetEnvVars for /F "delims=/ tokens=1-4" %%i in ('date /t') do MMDDNT.BAT %%i %%j %%k %%l GOTO Done :SetEnvVars set DayOfWeek=%1 set Month=%2 set Day=%3 set Year=%4 set Date=%1 %2/%3/%4 :Done @echo off REM ******************** Event Log dump for SERVERNAME ************************ REM ************************************************************************** REM Define the locations of the relevant files D: CD\eventlog REM ************************************************************************** REM Set variables for time and date call D:\eventlog\mmddnt.bat set logdir=d:\eventlog\logs set syslogfile=syslog set seclogfile=seclog set applogfile=applog REM ************************************************************************** REM Create the logdirectory if required if not exist %logdir% md %logdir% REM ************************************************************************** REM Reset the dump file for today echo Date,Time,Type,Category,EventID,Source,User,Computer,Detail >%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM - Update Log echo Beginning event log dump Update >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo %month% %day%, %year% >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv time /t >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv dumpel -t -c -d 1 -l system >> %month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM - Update Log echo Event logs dumped to file - Complete >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo %month% %day%, %year% >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv time /t >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%syslogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM Reset the dump file for today echo Date,Time,Type,Category,EventID,Source,User,Computer,Detail >%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM - Update Log echo Beginning event log dump Update >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo %month% %day%, %year% >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv time /t >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv dumpel -t -c -d 1 -l security >> %month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM - Update Log echo Event logs dumped to file - Complete >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo %month% %day%, %year% >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv time /t >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%seclogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM Reset the dump file for today echo Date,Time,Type,Category,EventID,Source,User,Computer,Detail >%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM - Update Log echo Beginning event log dump Update >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo %month% %day%, %year% >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv time /t >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv dumpel -t -c -d 1 -l application >> %month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv REM ************************************************************************** REM - Update Log echo Event logs dumped to file - Complete >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo %month% %day%, %year% >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv time /t >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv echo\ >>%month%%day%%year%%applogfile%.csv