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<blockquote data-quote="jdiffend" data-source="post: 9537" data-attributes="member: 10910">I use a download manager that does something like this.&nbsp; From the Getright download manager's daily download feature (so you aren't starting from scratch):Special ValuesWithin the URL and file names ... you can use special values that GetRight will replace with the current date and time information.&nbsp; You may use these values anywhere in the path or file name.%YY%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current year (2 digits--so 99 or 00)%YYYY%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current year (4 digits--so 1999 or 2000)%MM%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Month (2 digits--'0' added if needed.)%-M%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Month (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added.)%MON%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Month (3 letter abbreviation...&quot;apr&quot;...always lowercase.)%MONTH%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Month (spelled out; December, etc.)%D%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Day (2 digits--'0' added if needed.)%-D%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Day (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added.)%DAY%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current day of the week (spelled out; Monday, Tuesday, etc.)%H%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Hour (2 digits--'0' added if needed, 24-hour format)%-H%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Hour (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added, 24-hour format)%M%&nbsp; &nbsp; Current Minute (2 digits)&nbsp; This is NOT guaranteed to be exactly the same minute of the time you set the download to be added.%J%&nbsp; &nbsp; Days since the beginning of the year. (3 digits--'0' added if needed.)%-J%&nbsp; &nbsp; Days since the beginning of the year. (not padded to 3 digits--no '0's added.)%W%&nbsp; &nbsp; Week of the year (2 digits--'0' added if needed.&nbsp; 00 to 51)%-W%&nbsp; &nbsp; Week of the year (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added.&nbsp; 00 to 51)%N%&nbsp; &nbsp; An incrementing number to make the file name unique, first file 001, second file 002, etc.&nbsp; Does max out at 999.%DATE-X%%DATE+X%&nbsp; &nbsp; Lets you do a little math on the dates.&nbsp; Moves the date back (-) or forward (+) in time X number of days for doing the other replacements.&nbsp; This will work if going back X days means a different month or year.&nbsp; These can be anywhere in the value, they will be removed from the result.&nbsp; And some Extra special values, not related to dates, but extra functions you can do or switches to turn on.%ENV-xxx%&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Reads any Windows environment variables to include.&nbsp; The ones you might want most are %ENV-USERNAME% or %ENV-USERPROFILE%Examples:The filename value of:c:\my-stocks\prices_%YYYY%-%MM%-%D%.htmlOn April 15th, 2000, would have saved to filename:c:\my-stocks\prices_2000-04-15.htmlUsing the mathc:\my-stocks\prices%DATE-10%_%YYYY%-%MM%-%D%.htmlOn April 15th, 2000, would have subtracted 10 days from the date and saved to filename:c:\my-stocks\prices_2000-04-5.html</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdiffend, post: 9537, member: 10910"] I use a download manager that does something like this. From the Getright download manager's daily download feature (so you aren't starting from scratch): Special Values Within the URL and file names ... you can use special values that GetRight will replace with the current date and time information. You may use these values anywhere in the path or file name. %YY% Current year (2 digits--so 99 or 00) %YYYY% Current year (4 digits--so 1999 or 2000) %MM% Current Month (2 digits--'0' added if needed.) %-M% Current Month (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added.) %MON% Current Month (3 letter abbreviation..."apr"...always lowercase.) %MONTH% Current Month (spelled out; December, etc.) %D% Current Day (2 digits--'0' added if needed.) %-D% Current Day (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added.) %DAY% Current day of the week (spelled out; Monday, Tuesday, etc.) %H% Current Hour (2 digits--'0' added if needed, 24-hour format) %-H% Current Hour (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added, 24-hour format) %M% Current Minute (2 digits) This is NOT guaranteed to be exactly the same minute of the time you set the download to be added. %J% Days since the beginning of the year. (3 digits--'0' added if needed.) %-J% Days since the beginning of the year. (not padded to 3 digits--no '0's added.) %W% Week of the year (2 digits--'0' added if needed. 00 to 51) %-W% Week of the year (1 or 2 digits--no '0' added. 00 to 51) %N% An incrementing number to make the file name unique, first file 001, second file 002, etc. Does max out at 999. %DATE-X% %DATE+X% Lets you do a little math on the dates. Moves the date back (-) or forward (+) in time X number of days for doing the other replacements. This will work if going back X days means a different month or year. These can be anywhere in the value, they will be removed from the result. And some Extra special values, not related to dates, but extra functions you can do or switches to turn on. %ENV-xxx% Reads any Windows environment variables to include. The ones you might want most are %ENV-USERNAME% or %ENV-USERPROFILE% Examples: The filename value of: c:\my-stocks\prices_%YYYY%-%MM%-%D%.html On April 15th, 2000, would have saved to filename: c:\my-stocks\prices_2000-04-15.html Using the math c:\my-stocks\prices%DATE-10%_%YYYY%-%MM%-%D%.html On April 15th, 2000, would have subtracted 10 days from the date and saved to filename: c:\my-stocks\prices_2000-04-5.html [/QUOTE]

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