Need to Copy a folder to a new location and append copied folder with date and time

It depends on the default date/time format of your system.  Please run the following command at a command prompt and post the results here:

  echo %date% %time%

Hi Knight

the result is

05/05/2011 16:33:32:01

unfortunately there is a bit of ambiguity in todays date - 05/05/2011.  Is that MM/DD/YYYY or is it DD/MM/YYYY ... and which way do you want it in the folder name?

(personally I recommend YYYYMMDD for sorting purposes)

Yes I agree YYYYMMDD would be great

well, if your system date format is MM/DD/YYYY then use this:

  set NEWFOLDERNAME = "folderA_%date:~6,4%%date:~0,2%%date:~3,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%"

but if your system date format is DD/MM/YYYY then use this:

  set NEWFOLDERNAME = "folderA_%date:~6,4%%date:~3,2%%date:~0,2%_%time:~0,2%%time:~3,2%%time:~6,2%"

(I mean use that line in the script posted above)

Hi Knight

I had to remove the spaces before and after the = in the set NEWFOLDERNAME line, but other than that it works a dream

Many thanks

Good catch on the spaces!  That one gets me every time.  Glad it works!