please explain me this

[Mohammad_Dos]

Hi, this is for make a directory with name of date:


Set MM=%date:~4,2%
Set DD=%date:~7,2%
Set YYYY=%date:~-4%
md %YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%


please explain me this


%date:~4,2% ?!!!!!!
%date:~7,2% ???????!!!!!!
%date:~-4% ؟؟؟؟؟؟!!!!

[aGerman]

This method is not safe.
Check the output of

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echo %date%

If you find something like ...

Wed 12/01/2010

... it would work for you.

The next 2 characters after the 4th is the month.
The next 2 characters after the 7th is the day.
The last 4 characters is the year.

For additional informations type SET /? to the command prompt.

Regards
aGerman