Hi, I am trying to write a script/batch file which creates a folder named with the current days date... I am currently using other commands like md %username% which creates a folder after the persons username. Unfortuantely the command md %date% or get_date does not work in Dos... Any help would be much appreciated. Regards.

Hi Wolf, Yeah, there is no %date% built into DOS, so you need to get the date into a var. You can use this batch to set DAY DATE & TIME vars: ::** @echo off > quit.bat if not %OS%'==Windows_NT' goto 9x echo.|date>datevar.bat echo.|time>timevar.bat echo set DATEvar=%%5>the.bat call datevar echo set DAYvar=%%4>the.bat call datevar echo set TIMEvar=%%4>the.bat call timevar goto end :9x echo.|date>datevar.bat echo.|time>timevar.bat echo set DATEvar=%%4>current.bat call datevar echo set DAYvar=%%3>current.bat call datevar echo set TIMEvar=%%3>current.bat call timevar :end ::** This sucess of this batch will depend on the version, the language and the regional / layout of the DATE & TIME. Using a var to name a file or directory will fail if the var contains chars not allowed in file / directory names. [/\.;; etc] HTH M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

This porblem has a very simple solution. Go to Control panel/Reginal settings. go to Date tab. change the delimiter to - instead of '/' that is set as default. Apply the changes. then perform "md%DATE%" which will succeed as "26-05-05" as folder name... regards, Ootsooboo

Control Panel will change the layout, but won't help DOS create the %DATE% var. M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

Hi both, Thanks for your help and quick responses. M2, the resolution that Ootsooboo gave does indeed work like a dream! (thanks Ootsooboo) Thanks :-)