format DOS output with today's date anyway you want, easiest

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You can also access the date via the variable %DATE%

When testing my system %DATE% produces dd/mm/yyyy

you can use substring operators to produce the format you desire

ie

%DATE:~3,2%%DATE:~0,2%%DATE:~6,4%

the substring argumenst are
%*variable*:~*startpos*,*numberofchars*%