Hello How can I rename file by date format? I try use this batch which can work in Windows XP, but it cannot work in Windows 2000 Server. Please Help Me. Rem Get Day,Mth & Year from %Date% set Day=%Date:~0,2% set Mth=%Date:~3,2% set Yr=%Date:~6,4% ren d:\backup\backupdata.zip %Yr%%Mth%%Day%.zip THX swwong

Hi sw, ################################### @echo off > quit.bat @echo echo %%1 %%2 %%3 %%4 %%5 %%6 %%7 %%8 %%9 >> quit.bat echo. echo This is the world famous %0.bat echo. echo copyright 2004 ThaiGuides.com All rights reserved echo. echo Free for private use. Others email: Consult@ThaiGuides.com echo. echo built and tested on windoze 2000; may act funny on other versions echo. echo. Purpose is to rename a zip to today's date ::********************************************************************* if %1'==' quit syntax: %0 filename to rename ren "%1" "%DATE%.zip" ####################### If you need the YrMthDay layout, let me know and I'll tweak it. M2