day(now).tostring.padleft(2,"0") not working

[edpatterson]

vb.net 2008 express

I am getting:
'day' is a type and can not be used as an expression. month() works as expected.

I swear this worked in previous versions. I would like it for naming log files

strFileName = year(now).tostring & _
month(now).tostring.padleft(2,"0") & _
day(now).tostring.padleft(2,"0") & ".txt"

 

[earthandfire]

Try this:

	Private strFileName As String
	Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

		strFileName = Date.Now.Year.ToString & _
		 Date.Now.Month.ToString.PadLeft(2, "0"c) & _
		 Date.Now.Day.ToString.PadLeft(2, "0"c) & ".txt"
		MessageBox.Show(strFileName)

	End Sub

[tt]PadLeft(2, "0"c) [/tt]

the "0"c is necessary if you have Option Strict on as this forces correct data-typing


Hope this helps

 

[SgtJarrow]

I would use the following instead....

DateTime.Now.Day.ToString("00") & ".txt"

I think it is a bit more "contemporary" in format.

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[Sorwen]

Does formatting no longer work?

strFileName = Format(Date.Now, "yyMMdd") & ".txt"

strFileName = Date.Now.ToString("yyMMdd") & ".txt"

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[edpatterson]

Thanks to all! I must have been reverting to VBScript syntax.

Ed