Create new folder name with YYYYMMYY When Copy

[THI_VAN_THANH_LE]

I tried to create new folder in gdrive everydays when use copy command

rclone -vv -P copy "D:\4_Database" "mydrive:4_Database%date%"

I need create only 1 folder and name result format : YYYYMMDD
Because result %date% is : Thu 03/05/2020 (In gdrive result will slip to 3 folder Thu 03, 05 and 2020)

rclone v1.49.5
Windows 7, 64 bit
Google Drive
Thank for your help

[ncw (Nick Craig-Wood)]

There are some examples of how to do that sort of thing here

I need help creating versioning with crypt to dated folders

EDIT: Script updated to 1.3 to correct the 4 issues mentioned by asdfdsa later down. Now 1.3 for more fixes and improvements... Well, since you knew the magic word (BOTH of them in fact!!) then I must oblige... Here you go, all done! (now where do I send the bill? ) Script has been tested, but of course I recommend you also test it thoroughly yourself and see that everything works as you expect before putting it into a live environment. Also check that you feel …

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

hello and welcome to the forum,

i am windows user and can help you.

1. please update rclone to the latest version
2. you should read about the flag
   Documentation
3. when testing you can use this flag
   Documentation

in that post that mentioned by @ncw, i shared some code to create a folder with date+time stamp

here is the snippet

for /f "usebackq skip=1 tokens=1-6" %%g in (wmic Path Win32_LocalTime Get Day^,Hour^,Minute^,Month^,Second^,Year ^| findstr /r /v "^$") do (
set year=%%l
set month=00%%j
set day=00%%g
set hours=00%%h
set minutes=00%%i
set seconds=00%%k
)

set year=%year:~-4%
set month=%month:~-2%
set day=%day:~-2%
set hours=%hours:~-2%
set minutes=%minutes:~-2%
set seconds=%seconds:~-2%

set thedate=%year%%month%%day%
echo %thedate%

let me know if you have any questions.

[THI_VAN_THANH_LE]

yup! thank your fast support! ^^
I got it, Here is my command for who need

rclone -vv -P copy D:\4_Database mydrive:4_Database\2020%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

@THI_VAN_THANH_LE

2020%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%

that outputs 202020200305

i think you want %date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%
that outputs 20200305

[THI_VAN_THANH_LE]

yup! sorry, I have mistake when posted