Is there a way to add a date stamp to a file name when saving/renaming it via the Windows dialog box (Windows Explorer, etc.) - either as a shortcut key or a variable. There are many files that I save with date stamps and it's becoming really annoying having to type in the YYYYMMDD each time.
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Not natively to Windows, you'll need an add-on program of some kind.
One way would be to use AutoHotKey (or alike) to create a macro that will type in the date for you (in your desired format).
Example AHK script:
^#D::
FormatTime, CurrentDateTime,, yyyyMMdd
SendInput %CurrentDateTime%
return
This will type the date in (i.e. for today: 20151109) whenever you hit Ctrl+Win+d