Create folder with current date as name in powershell

Question

I am writing a powershell script. I would like to know how to create a folder with current date as name. The folder name should be "yyyy-MM-dd" (acording to the .NET custom format strings).

I know that to create folder I need to use this command:

New-Item -ItemType directory -Path "some path"

A possible solution could be (if I want to create the folder in the same directory as the script is:

$date = Get-Date
$date = $date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path ".\$date"

Is there a way to chain the commands so I do not need to create the variable?

notjustme · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-18T16:27:59.750

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Yes.

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".\$((Get-Date).ToShortDateString())"

or as alroc suggested in order to get the same formatting no matter the culture.

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".\$((Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd'))"

edited Sep 18 '14 at 16:27

answered Sep 18 '14 at 16:18

notjustme

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Thanks, this is what I was looking for. The only problem in your solution is the short date, because it depends on users language. Please, fix it to ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") so I can accept your answer. – Santhos Sep 18 '14 at 16:22
Can't you move? ;) alroc posted an answer that might work for ya. For me I got exactly what you're looking for and didn't think twice about it. – notjustme Sep 18 '14 at 16:23
I was not sure about the "" and '' and I would like to mark your question as correct. – Santhos Sep 18 '14 at 16:29
I found out that you can also directly get the string from get-date like this: Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd" – Santhos Sep 19 '14 at 09:09

alroc · Answer 2 · 2014-09-19T11:16:47.807

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Don't use ToShortDateString() as @notjustme wrote; its formatting is dependent upon locale and your date format settings in the Regional & Language control panel. For example, on my PC right now, that would produce the following directory name:

C:\Users\me\09\18\2014

Explicitly set the format of the date string instead.

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".\$((Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd'))"

edited Sep 19 '14 at 11:16

answered Sep 18 '14 at 16:23

alroc

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I just commented this on @notjustme answer. – Santhos Sep 18 '14 at 16:24

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '20 at 09:31

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$folderName = (Get-Date).tostring("dd-MM-yyyy-hh-mm-ss") 
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "E:\parent" -Name $FolderName

It is creating folder with name 11-06-2020-07-29-41 under E:\parent

answered Jun 11 '20 at 09:31

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 16 '20 at 23:59

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The shorter way is

$date = get-date -Format yyyy-MM-dd

edited May 16 '20 at 23:59

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answered Feb 26 '16 at 13:22

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Needs to be `-Format yyyy-MM-dd`. mm is minutes not months. – TimDawe Sep 07 '19 at 15:27

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 28 '20 at 11:21

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$datecurrent = get-date -Format dd-MM-yy

New-Item -ItemType directory -Path ".\$datecurrent"

edited Feb 28 '20 at 11:21

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answered Feb 20 '20 at 06:05

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