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DateTime format

ppatane
8 - Asteroid

I am trying to get an output of dd-mm-yyyy  hhmm as part of filename and the hours and minutes keep coming up 0000.  I am using this formula:

"Ouput "+DateTimeFormat(DateTimeToday(),"%d-%m-%Y %H%M")+".xlsx|Sheet1".  Everything except the time appears correctly.

 

I obviously have one little thing wrong somewhere, probably with syntax.  I am a newbie, trying to master this awesome app.

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DataNath
17 - Castor

Hey @ppatane, DateTimeToday() will default to midnight as it's only 'today' - if you want a more exact timestamp where you get the hours and minutes etc then you can use DateTimeNow() like so:

 

"Ouput "+DateTimeFormat(DateTimeNow(),"%d-%m-%Y %H%M")+".xlsx|Sheet1"

 

ppatane
8 - Asteroid

Perfect! Little more than just syntax...the correct formula needed. Grazie!  

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