Windows Batch: Format current date to filename/foldername friendly format


@echo off
rem Make Directory With Name Date and Time
for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=/- " %%a in ('date /t') do set XDate=%%d-%%c-%%b
echo %XDate%

Where:

%%a name of the day (Monday etc.)
%%b Day
%%c Month
%%d Year

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