Newbie Questionshttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)Re: What does this function do? : substring(now(), 1, 16)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/62317.aspxTue, 14 Dec 2010 22:46:48 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:62317Hilary Stoupa0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/62317.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=62317<p>It should show the first 16 characters for the current date and time, so a string like &quot;2010-12-14T14:45&quot;. Why not try it in an expression box on your form and see?</p>What does this function do? : substring(now(), 1, 16)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/62316.aspxTue, 14 Dec 2010 22:38:09 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:62316TechPundit0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/62316.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=62316substring(now(), 1, 16) What would be the result of this?