Problem with DateTime.Now.Year: instead of 2012 it is 20121

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Here's the code I am using:

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double year = DateTime.Now.Year;
            double month = DateTime.Now.Month;
            double day = DateTime.Now.Day;
            string a = "Report date: " + month.ToString() + "/" + day.ToString() + "/" + year.ToString();
            //INSERTING TAB CHARACTERS
            oWord.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeText("\t");
            //DATE:
            oWord.ActiveWindow.Selection.TypeText(a);
            oWord.ActiveWindow.Selection.Fields.Add(oWord.Selection.Range, ref CurrentPage, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);

Here is the output:

Page 1 Report date: 4/2/20121

I really have no idea why this is happening.

Posted 2-Apr-12 10:04am

vlad781

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ZurdoDev 2-Apr-12 16:09pm

You should be able to step through the code and see what happens.

Herman<T>.Instance 2-Apr-12 16:11pm

is it ref CurrentPage that is shown again?

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wizardzz · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-02T10:18:00

Solution 1

C#

double year = DateTime.Now.Year;
string a = year.ToString();

Will return 2012, so that trailing '1' is coming from somewhere else. I think digi is on to something, can you see if it happens on another page?

Posted 2-Apr-12 10:18am

wizardzz

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vlad781 2-Apr-12 16:43pm

Ok, well, on the next page, the 1 becomes a 2 (20122), page three turns to 3, 20123. So I assume that it is showing the pagenumber as well as the date.

I assumed correctly. In this section of my code, I was placing a page number in the footer and aligning it left. Then it was supposed to indent and create the date. here is my mistake: oWord.ActiveWindow.Selection.Fields.Add(oWord.Selection.Range, ref CurrentPage, ref oMissing, ref oMissing); it adds a number value that is indicated in another part of my code.
The fix: commenting it out/ deleting that line.
My copy+paste problem.

Thanks :)