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how to get current date and time in message box? by not using any activity

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 i need syntax to display current date time , but not with Get Currentdate time activity.

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
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    Could you elaborate on why you don't want the currentdatetime (is the computer off?)

    Anyways, assuming that is what is going on, you might be able to google "time and date" and pull the first element.

     

    You could launch Excel and use a Today() formula, but if the computer is off, that might error out.  

     

    Good luck!

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    Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
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    There is no way to do that without using any activities. You need an activity to get it. Either the Get current date time action, or some alternative workarounds similar to those that @MichaelAnnis . You could also use Run Python scriptRun VBscriptRun PowerShell scriptRun .NET scriptRun DOS commandRun JavaScript, or even an Execute SQL statement (if you have a SQL database you could use for that) to get the current date and time. Would still require at least one activity to get it.

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