creating a folder and naming it the current date

[guru_wannabe]

can a .bat file be used to create a folder and name it the current system date.  I've tried several different commands, but no luck.  I am trying to create a backup script that will create a folder on a local h.d., name it the current date, copy files to it, and send the new directory to a cd-rw.
Any suggestions.  Thanks

[Sidewinder]

This may work on your system, then again it may not:

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%i in ("%date%") do (md %%i-%%j-%%k)

You can arrange the variables i, j, k in any sequence you want.

 8-)

We can customize our response to your system if you'd only mention your OS.