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[Francist]

Hi

I need to make a program that renames a file to the date.

I'm using the command My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile("FILE LOCATION", "DESIRED FILENAME")

I've tryed using My.Computer.Clock.LocalTime though I get the error "Argument 'newName' must be a name, and not a relative or absolute path: '23/12/2011 13:18:50'."

Has anyone done this before?

Francis.

EDIT - I think the problem is that windows does not allow characters such as "/" and ":" meaning that a different command will have to be used. Does anyone know any?

[lespauled]

Try something like yourDate.ToString("yyyyMMddhhmmss")

[Blimp]

The problem here is with the

23/12/2011

The "/" is an invalid character. As you can see, windows will think that you are telling it to access another directory, rather than renaming the file in that folder.

[gregwarner]

Use the String.Replace() method to change the '/' characters into '-' characters.

Documentation:
String.Replace Method (Char, Char)