Navigate to folder: The DATE environment variable cannot be used

[Mapaler]

I use ShareX screenshot software. It saves the screenshots to a folder of YYYY-MM(2022-01).
Image: https://i.imgur.com/YSlwoMp.png
I want to quickly navigate to the current folder.
The code should be

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CD %$Documents%\ShareX\Screenshots\%DATE:~0,4%-%DATE:~5,2%

Image: https://i.imgur.com/MFsGZgm.png
But I found that I couldn't use the DATE environment variable.

[nsp]

What is not interpreted is the environment variable special expansions using "~" it is just valid under command interpreter.

As a workaround, You can create a button or even in hot-list command :

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cmd /c %COMMANDER_EXE% /O /S  "%$Documents%\ShareX\Screenshots\%DATE:~0,4%-%DATE:~5,2%"

[Dalai]

The variables %DATE%, %TIME%, %CD%, %ERRORLEVEL% and some others are dynamically expanded by CMD. They are not regular environment variables! See also SS64 page: https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html

That means that you need to use CMD as part of your command, like the one shown by nsp.

Regards
Dalai

[NotNull]

Or, another way of looking at it:

The CD command is not handled by CMD, but by TC, without calling CMD. And TC did not implement support for %DATE:~0,4%, etc.

Try this:
DIR /? & pause
vs.
CD /? & pause

[Mapaler]

I understand and thank youes.