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How to rename a file with date/time
Name: AlvaChris Date: May 21, 2004 at 20:13:26 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Intel 2GB
Comment:
Hi, I don't have much experience with DOS, and I need some help on how to rename a file indicating the system's date and time as the file's name. i.e.:
TextFile.dat would need to be rename to 05/21/04_20:07.dat
Name: XpUser Date: May 21, 2004 at 21:11:08 Pacific
Reply:
Hi AlvaChris,
I believe you will need to write a batch file in order to achieve this. I'm not certain if a batch file such as this one(http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=13575) would work under XP. (It was created to work under the OS preceding XP.)
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Response Number 2
Name: AlvaChris Date: May 22, 2004 at 00:35:27 Pacific
Reply:
I'm almost there but not quite.
When using DOS on WindowsXP the date is represented as follows: i.e. Sat 05222004
My batch program is suposed to rename a file with the current date. However I get a syntax error on the command line because of the space between "Sat" and "05". I have tried different ways to omit the day of the week but it seems that the system treats Sat 05 as one string element. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Chris
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Response Number 3
Name: Nigel Spike Date: May 22, 2004 at 15:02:00 Pacific
Reply:
Does it have to be via "DOS" (I guess you mean Command Prompt). Otherwise D/L Total Commander. It lets you change all attributes of a file, including date and time.
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