>As part of output which is redirected to a file, I have run into the following situation. The code
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>? "message" + time()
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>works fine and prints to the screen
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>but the code
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>? "message" + date()
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>causes a type mismatch
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>anyone know why?

Hi Thomas,

DATE() returns a date datatype and you're trying to display it as a string when you ? "message " + date(). You can use:

? "message " + DTOC(DATE())

or

? " message " + TTOC(DATE()) && or DATETIME() as the parameter.