vb6 - Delete folder with yesterdays date

[si_the_geek]

CDate(CLng(Date)) does more work than it needs to - just using Date by itself will give the same results (but if you use Now rather than Date, you would need that extra work to remove the time portion).

I tried a test. I changed the regional settings on my computer and set the date to 11-Jan-2009.
If I use a Format(Date$,"mm-dd-yyyy"), it screws up the output.
If I use Format$(Now,"mm-dd-yyyy"), the regional settings do not seem to affect the output.

That is to be expected.

Aren't both Now() and Date$ returning variants?

As the FAQ article explains, no.

Now and Date (without a $) return Variant with a sub-type of Date, which is essentially the same thing as a Date.

Date$ (with a $) returns a String.