How do I put the current date in a spool file name?

column dcol new_value mydate noprint

select to_char(sysdate,'YYYYMMDD') dcol from dual;

spool &mydate._report.txt
-- my report goes here

select * from mytable;

spool off

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  1. HarshaSeptember 9, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    Thanks. Exactly what I was looking for.

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  2. UnknownApril 10, 2013 at 7:53 PM

    how can i append sysdate without substution??can you please help me?

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