>>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?
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>Hi Thomas,
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>DATE() returns a date datatype and you're trying to display it as a string when you ? "message " + date(). You can use:
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>? "message " + DTOC(DATE())
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>or
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>? " message " + TTOC(DATE()) && or DATETIME() as the parameter.

Or you can use the trick you turned me on to yesterday:

? "message "+TRANSFORM(DATE()) && (VFP6 only, of course)