How to generate PDF file with date and time as file name

[Derek4]

Hi everyone,

I'm build a flow which capture the user input to a word template and then convert the word file to PDF, everything is ok until I try to add date and time to the file name. I use this expression as my file name:

FormatDateTime(utcNow(),'s')

this is how my flow looks:

this is the error details:

this is the input of the "convert word to pdf" action

I think it the space in the file name that prevent the action to access the file, but I don't how to get rid of them, can anyone help me?

[NiloferA · Accepted solution]

Hello @Derek4 ,

Can you change your expression to FormatDateTime(utcNow(),'dd-mm-yy') and try if it works?

In case if it does not, please expand the individual actions within the scope and post screenshots and also the error you may get after trying this out.

[Derek4]

Hi @NiloferA ,

thank you for your reply and it works, I'm now one step closer to what I need!

is it possible that I add not only date but also time to the file name?

[Derek4 · Accepted solution]

Hi @NiloferA ,

I tried this:

concat('-Print-Date-',FormatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy-MM-dd'),'-Time-',FormatDateTime(utcNow(),'hh-mm-tt'))

 and everything is ok now, looks like generate PDF action must use '-' to work and can't have empty space...

[NiloferA]

Hello @Derek4 ,

That's great!