Python or Java or "X" from me and my little job

[Terry Reedy]

In article <37DD356F.86D56591 at trey-industries.com>, 
bthomas at trey-industries.com says...
>
>Actually I just want to
>1)get current date and come up with its string like: 01251999
>2)zip some files and name the archive 01251999

If you put the year first ('19990125'), your archives will sort by date 
much easier.