Questions:
- When using Control-M for Advanced File Transfer, how can you rename the file and put the date and time in the file name?
- How to rename the file name to include the date and time after transferred by Control-M for Advanced File Transfer (AFT)?
- How to add Autoedit %%$ODATE and %%TIME to the filename after a successful File Transfer job?

Details:
- To rename a file to include date and time after a successful File Transfer job.
- To update <FILENAME>.<EXT> to become <FILENAME><DATE><TIME>.<EXT>
- Need to be able to add the %%$ODATE and %%TIME to the filename after the file transfer
 

Answer:
Control-M for Advanced File Transfer has Autoedits/Variables that are set when the file is transferred. 
The Autoedits/Variables are listed in the Control-M for Advanced File Transfer Administrator Guide.
These Autoedits/Variables can be used in the job under the Advanced Tab -> General Tab -> After Completion. You can locate Advanced Tab when defining a File Transfer Job. Once clicked on Advanced  tab ,the Advanced dialog box appears.

Be aware the use of Autoedit variables is very limited and connot use autoedit variables other that %%DATE, %%TIME and %%YEAR, neither is possible to define variables in job definition and use them on this rename field

- The following AFT variables exist for renaming source or destination files after the transfer completes:
   $$AFTFILE$$: Contains the name of the original file without file extension. (If there was an extension, it is always added to the name of the file.) 
   $$AFTFILE_ALL$$: full file name including the extension
   $$AFTFILE_NAME$$: name of the file until the last dot (without the extension)
   $$AFTFILE_EXT$$: the extension of the file name

- The following syntax will postpend the date and time to the original filename:
   $$AFTFILE_ALL$$.%%DATE.%%TIME
   Following is an example for the rename:
   Original file name:  filename.out.
   Result file name: filename.out.150508115632

- The following syntax will put the date time in the middle of the file and keep the extension:
   $$AFTFILE$$.%%DATE.%%TIME..$$AFTFILE_EXT$$
   Following is an example for the rename:
   Original file name:  filename.out.
   Result file name: filename.150508115632..out.

- The following syntax will post append the date and time between original filename and file extension:
  $$AFTFILE$$_%%DATE.%%TIME
  Following is an example for the rename to using Filename.YYYYMMDD.Extension format: 
  Original filename:  filename.out
  Result filename: filename_20160508115632.out



For more information on using AFT variables, see video article:
In Control-M for Advanced File Transfer can I use variables to rename renaming source or destination files after the transfer completes when using wildcard transfers?