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

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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

I note that the o/p did not ask for a region-independent solution. My solution is for the UK though.

This is the simplest possible solution, a 1-line solution, for use in a Batch file:

FOR /F "tokens=1-3 delims=/" %%A IN ("%date%") DO (SET today=%%C-%%B-%%A)
echo %today%