This will will create a datetime stamp for a log file in Windows. 1. Create a cmd or bat file and copy the below text into the file and save.
@------------------ @Echo Off
for /f "tokens=1-5 delims=:" %%d in ("%time%") do set var=%date:~10,4%%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%-%%d%%e
set datetimestr=%var: =0%
set logfile=LogFile-%datetimestr%.txt
echo %logfile% Thanks to this post this worked for me. Ref: http://superuser.com/questions/315984/how-to-get-the-date-in-a-batch-file-in-a-predictable-format/316153 