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# Change date format in workflow scripts (2025-08-17 20:18Z)

_**User**_

I'm adapting these workflow scripts for home projects. Let's start with making sure that dates are not in YYMMDD format, but in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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_**Assistant**_

I'll help you update the workflow scripts to use YYYY-MM-DD date format instead of YYMMDD. Let me first examine the existing scripts to see which ones contain date formatting that needs to be updated.


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<details>
            <summary>Grep search for "YYMMDD|YY-MM-DD|date.*format" • **3** files</summary>
        
| File | Line | Match |
|------|------|-------|
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/NewDaily.bat` | L4 | `:: Get current date in YYMMDD format` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/NewProject.bat` | L4 | `:: Get current date in YYMMDD format` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/NewProject.bat` | L4 | `:: Get current date in YYMMDD format` |

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Now let me examine these files to see the current date formatting implementation:


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Read file: NewDaily.bat

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Read file: NewProject.bat

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Let me also check if there are any other scripts that might have date formatting:


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<details>
            <summary>Grep search for "daily_|_%yy%|%yy%%mm%" • **7** files</summary>
        
| File | Line | Match |
|------|------|-------|
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/NewDaily.bat` | L13 | `mkdir "daily_%yy%%mm%%dd%"` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/NewDaily.bat` | L14 | `echo Daily folder created: daily_%yy%%mm%%dd%` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpdateSequences.bat` | L23 | `for /d %%D in (daily_*) do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L3 | `echo PushAllToCurrent - Running all 0MoveToCurrent.bat files in daily_ folders...` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L6 | `echo Searching for daily_ folders and 0MoveToCurrent.bat files...` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L9 | `REM Find all daily_ folders and check for 0MoveToCurrent.bat` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L13 | `echo Found the following daily_ folders with 0MoveToCurrent.bat:` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L14 | `for /d %%D in (daily_*) do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L22 | `echo No daily_ folders with 0MoveToCurrent.bat found!` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L33 | `REM Execute each 0MoveToCurrent.bat found in daily_ folders` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/PushAllToCurrent.bat` | L34 | `for /d %%D in (daily_*) do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L9 | `:: - Collects seq/ outputs from daily_* folders under Blends\animations (with submodule support)` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L92 | `:: Collect seq outputs from daily_* into Renders` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L100 | `:: Detect submodules: first-level folders under animations that contain daily_*` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L104 | `if /I not "!prefix!"=="daily_" (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L105 | `for /d %%D in ("%%S\daily_*") do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L109 | `if exist "%%S\daily_*" echo [DRY] Detected submodule: "%%~nS"` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L119 | `if /I not "!prefix!"=="daily_" (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L132 | `for /d %%D in ("%%S\daily_*") do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L152 | `if "%DRY%"=="1" echo [DRY] No submodules found; using direct daily_* under animations` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L153 | `:: Fallback: direct daily_* under animations → copy into Renders\daily_*` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L154 | `for /d %%D in ("%animDir%\daily_*") do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L175 | `if "%DRY%"=="1" echo [DRY] Animations dir missing or empty; checking root daily_*` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L176 | `:: Final fallback: root-level daily_* under projectDir → copy into Renders\daily_*` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/UpgradeToGitProj.bat` | L177 | `for /d %%D in ("%projectDir%\daily_*") do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/RebuildDailies.bat` | L2 | `echo RebuildDailies - Copying 0MoveToCurrent.bat to all daily_* folders...` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/RebuildDailies.bat` | L12 | `REM Search for daily_* folders recursively` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/RebuildDailies.bat` | L13 | `echo Searching for daily_* folders in all subfolders...` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/RebuildDailies.bat` | L17 | `echo Found the following daily_* folders:` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/RebuildDailies.bat` | L18 | `for /f "delims=" %%D in ('dir /s /b /ad "*daily_*" 2^>nul') do echo   - %%D` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/RebuildDailies.bat` | L24 | `REM Copy the file to each daily_* folder found recursively` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/scripts_old/RebuildDailies.bat` | L26 | `for /f "delims=" %%D in ('dir /s /b /ad "*daily_*" 2^>nul') do (` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/NewProject.bat` | L15 | `set projectRoot=%yy%%mm%%dd%_%projectName%` |
| `file:///d%3A/3%20ProjectStructure/NewProject.bat` | L15 | `set projectRoot=%yy%%mm%%dd%_%projectName%` |

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Now I can see the scope of changes needed. I need to update the date formatting in both `NewDaily.bat` and `NewProject.bat` to use YYYY-MM-DD format instead of YYMMDD. Let me update these files:


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<details><summary>Edit file: NewDaily.bat</summary>

I will update the date formatting from YYMMDD to YYYY-MM-DD format by modifying the date parsing and folder naming logic.

**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 4, lines removed: 4

```diff
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
  setlocal
  
- :: Get current date in YYMMDD format
+ :: Get current date in YYYY-MM-DD format
  for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (
      set mm=%%a
      set dd=%%b
      set yy=%%c
  )
- set yy=%yy:~-2%
+ set yyyy=20%yy:~-2%
  
  :: Create daily folder
- mkdir "daily_%yy%%mm%%dd%"
- echo Daily folder created: daily_%yy%%mm%%dd%
+ mkdir "daily_%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%"
+ echo Daily folder created: daily_%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%
  
  pause
```

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<details><summary>Edit file: NewProject.bat</summary>

I will update the date formatting from YYMMDD to YYYY-MM-DD format by modifying the date parsing and project root naming logic.

**Chunk 1**
Lines added: 3, lines removed: 3

```diff
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
  setlocal
  
- :: Get current date in YYMMDD format
+ :: Get current date in YYYY-MM-DD format
  for /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (
      set mm=%%a
      set dd=%%b
      set yy=%%c
  )
- set yy=%yy:~-2%
+ set yyyy=20%yy:~-2%
  
  :: Ask for project name
  set /p projectName="Enter project name (press Enter for default 'NewProject'): "
  if "%projectName%"=="" set projectName=NewProject
- set projectRoot=%yy%%mm%%dd%_%projectName%
+ set projectRoot=%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%_%projectName%
  
  :: Create main project directory
```

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Perfect! I've successfully updated both scripts to use YYYY-MM-DD date format instead of YYMMDD. Here's a summary of the changes made:

## Changes Made:

### `NewDaily.bat`:
- Updated comment from "YYMMDD format" to "YYYY-MM-DD format"
- Changed `set yy=%yy:~-2%` to `set yyyy=20%yy:~-2%` to get full 4-digit year
- Updated folder naming from `daily_%yy%%mm%%dd%` to `daily_%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%`

### `NewProject.bat`:
- Updated comment from "YYMMDD format" to "YYYY-MM-DD format"  
- Changed `set yy=%yy:~-2%` to `set yyyy=20%yy:~-2%` to get full 4-digit year
- Updated project root naming from `%yy%%mm%%dd%_%projectName%` to `%yyyy%-%mm%-%dd%_%projectName%`

## What This Means:

- **Before**: Daily folders were named like `daily_231215` (December 15, 2023)
- **After**: Daily folders will now be named like `daily_2023-12-15`

- **Before**: Project folders were named like `231215_ProjectName`
- **After**: Project folders will now be named like `2023-12-15_ProjectName`

The scripts will now create folders with ISO 8601 compliant date formatting (YYYY-MM-DD), which is more readable and follows international standards. All the existing scripts that search for `daily_*` patterns will continue to work since they use wildcard matching.

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