How do I get current date/time on the Windows command line in a suitable format for usage in a file/folder name?

Question

Update: Now that it\'s 2016 I\'d use PowerShell for this unless there\'s a really compelling backwards-compatible reason for it, particularly because of the regional setting

Answer 1

With Windows 7, this code works for me:

SET DATE=%date%
SET YEAR=%DATE:~0,4%
SET MONTH=%DATE:~5,2%
SET DAY=%DATE:~8,2%
ECHO %YEAR%
ECHO %MONTH%
ECHO %DAY%

SET DATE_FRM=%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY% 
ECHO %DATE_FRM%