Create a file with the current date and time in the name

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Hello,

I am trying to make a program, which creates .csv files using the same process but with different information. Because so far, every time when I run the program, it overrides the previous .csv file, I need to add date/time in the file name in order to create different .csv’s every run.

I have tried to create a variable with: System.DateTime.Now.ToString() and then add it to the file path/name but no success so far. Not sure how to proceed with the file path/name syntax.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

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Attach your xaml file here.

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https://ufile.io/oh3xd

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I am sorry for the link, but I cannot upload files since I am a new user.

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Try This:
Path.Combine(FolderPathVar, “Test”+Now.ToString(“yyMMdd.hhmmss”)+“.csv”)

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While adding System.DateTime.Now.ToString() to path make sure you are adding expected file extension as well.

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And check the property create new in CSV activities

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Hello again! Thanks!

It worked! The only catch was to properly create the path variable, for which I used the expression:
path.GetFullPath("D:\uipath".ToString)

path.Combine(folderpath.ToString,“Test ”+system.DateTime.Now.ToString(“dd.MM.yy HH;mm;ss”)+".csv")

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Perfect! :slight_smile: