How do I include date/time in the title of Filestream text file I'm generating?

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Folks, I'm doing an error log in my code and I'm trying to output the errors to a text file with a specific date/time in the title so they can differentiate.
I've tried things like

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logname = "C:\Documents and Settings\SeDing\Desktop\Errors\errorsLog\ " & DateTime.Now.ToString() & ".log\"

But i get this msg "The given path's format is not supported." all the time.

Any ideas?? I'm quite a noob. Thx.

[edit]pre tag for VB code added - PES [/edit]

Posted 7-Mar-12 5:17am

SandiegoSSD

Updated 7-Mar-12 5:36am

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-07T05:29:00

Solution 1

Well, have you tried doing just DateTime.Now.ToString() to see what it output?? Chances are good that it's using "/" characters. That character is illegal in a filename.

Do something more like

logname = DateTime.Now().ToString("ddMMyyyyHHmmss") & ".log"

Posted 7-Mar-12 5:29am

Dave Kreskowiak

SandiegoSSD · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-07T05:33:00

Solution 2

logName = String.Format("C:\Documents and Settings\SeDing\Desktop\Errors\{0}.log", DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddhhmmss"))

this worked for me.
Thanks man.

Posted 7-Mar-12 5:33am

SandiegoSSD