How to change date format of saved .OCB config files?

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Whenever I use the Backup Configuration tool, the saved file looks like this:

Administrator - Opus Config - 15-Dec-2013.ocb

I would prefer it to look like this: Administrator - Opus Config - 12-15-2013 @ (current time a.m. or p.m.).ocb

An ideal example file name: Administrator - Opus Config - (12-15-2013 @ 109 p.m.).ocb

Is there a way to make Directory Opus create a new .OCB file using this name format automatically?

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Two ways...

  1. If you look at the manual at the 'Prefs BACKUP' command and think you will always create a config backup with the same items being included in the backup every time, create your own custom button that runs a command such as:

@nofilenamequoting Prefs BACKUP=all TO "{s}Administrator - Opus Config ({date|MM-dd-YYYY} @ {time|hh;mm tt})"
2. If you think you might still want to use the UI to select what items to backup on an ad-hoc basis, then put your desired format string into the clipboard. It won't be automatic, but if you use a command like this you can then just hit <Ctrl+V> to paste the name you want into the dialog:

Clipboard SET=Administrator - Opus Config ({date|MM-dd-YYYY} @ {time|hh;mm tt}) Prefs BACKUPRESTORE

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Steje's suggestions above both make sense (and this post doesn't replace either of them).

Adding to those, if you want to rename your existing backups to use your prefered format, a button like this will rename all selected backup files, using their existing names and Modified dates/times to generate the new names:

Rename FILEINFO REGEXP PATTERN="(.*) - \d\d-...-\d\d\d\d\.ocb" TO="\1 - ({modified|D#MM-dd-yyyy} @ {modified|T#hmm tt}).ocb" Rename FILEINFO PATTERN="* AM).ocb" TO="* a.m.).ocb" Rename FILEINFO PATTERN="* PM).ocb" TO="* p.m.).ocb"