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
   https://rclone.org/docs/#backup-dir-dir
3. when testing you can use this flag
   https://rclone.org/docs/#n-dry-run

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