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Adding date to file name in power automate desktop

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Posted on by Try 33

Hi file name is log i want to add date time stamp to this how to do that pls tell is this is done from write text to file?

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  • OkanAutomation Profile Picture
    OkanAutomation 107 on at

    i think PA Flow will be easier for this, 

     

    In PAD I would do this

     

    1. get your file name and put it inside a variable

    2. Open the file > send hotkeys "CTRL" "S" to open the windows explorer for saving the file. Write the variable with date time as file name

    3. Save file

     

  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-automate-desktop-pad-best-practices-part-1-date-michael-annis

     

    This is an article on how I like to Get Dates from PAD.  From there you can add it to any file name with the "Rename File" action.  So your flow would look something like this:

     

    For a single file:

    'Get Dates until you get to %Today_mmddyy%

    Rename File %YourFilePath%\%YourFileName%.txt to %YourFilePath%\%YourFileName%_%Today_mmddyy%.txt

     

    OR

     

    for multiple files:

     

    Get Files from Folder to %Files%

    'Get Dates until you get to %Today_mmddyy%

    Rename File(s) and rename %Files% by adding %Today_mmddyy% on the end (these are parameter options within rename file.)

     

    best of luck

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    Try 33 on at

    Hi i have file name as log i have to add date to that file using current date in variable 

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