You can use the following syntax in PowerShell to create a folder with the current date as the folder name:
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".\$((Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd'))"
This particular example creates a new folder in the current directory with a name that displays the current date in a yyyy-MM-dd format.
Note: The Get-Date cmdlet in PowerShell returns the current date and time. By using the ToString() method we are able to format this date and time in a specific manner.
The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.
Example: How to Create Folder with Current Date as Name in PowerShell
Suppose that our current directory has the following path:
- c:/users/bobbi/data1
We can use the following syntax to list all folders that exist in this directory:
Get-ChildItem -Directory
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
We can see that three folders exist in this directory.
Suppose that we would like to create a new folder whose name is the current date (this article is being written on July 3, 2024) in a yyyy-MM-dd format.
We can use the following syntax to do so:
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path ".\$((Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd'))"
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
Notice that when we use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet again to view the updated contents of the current directory we can see that a new folder named 2024-07-03 has been created.
Note #1: We used a yyyy-MM-dd format within the ToString() method but feel free to specify a different date format if you would like.
Note #2: You can find the complete documentation for the New-Item cmdlet in PowerShell here.
Related Tutorials
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in PowerShell:
PowerShell: How to Find Empty Folders
PowerShell: How to Create Folder if it Does Not Exist
PowerShell: How to Get Most Recently Created Folder from Path
