Rename a file with a date/time stamp

The following code will allow you to rename a file to the date and time. Save this code in a batch file (in this example we’ll call it rename_it.cmd), then call it with the file that needs to be renamed. You can also download it here, rename_it.cmd.

Example: rename_it FILENAME.txt

@Echo OFF
TITLE DateName
REM DateName.CMD
REM takes a filename as %1 and renames as %1_YYMMDDHHMM
REM
REM ————————————————————-
IF %1.==. GoTo USAGE
Set CURRDATE=%TEMP%\CURRDATE.TMP
Set CURRTIME=%TEMP%\CURRTIME.TMP

DATE /T > %CURRDATE%
TIME /T > %CURRTIME%

Set PARSEARG=”eol=; tokens=1,2,3,4* delims=/, ”
For /F %PARSEARG% %%i in (%CURRDATE%) Do SET YYYYMMDD=%%l%%j%%k

Set PARSEARG=”eol=; tokens=1,2,3* delims=:, ”
For /F %PARSEARG% %%i in (%CURRTIME%) Do Set HHMM=%%i%%j%%k

Echo RENAME %1 %1_%MMDDYYYY%%HHMM%
RENAME %1 %YYYYMMDD%-%HHMM%_%1
GoTo END

:USAGE
GoTo END

:END
REM
TITLE Command Prompt