Duh. :-)  Sorry about that.  ItemTime is a Date Variable.  MyItems is a collection of Items, i.e.

   Dim myItems As Outlook.Item
   Dim ItemTime As Dat

I've since found several other times where the SentOn property fails even though the item type is a "MailItem" that aren't in the Sent Items folder.  E.g., recall requests return that they are "MailItems"s, but if I query the SentOn date, I get the same error I reported earlier

Ric
   
    ----- Dmitry Streblechenko wrote: ----
   
    Is this the code you are using
    ItemTime = MyItems(MyItems.Count).SentO
    It looks like you are casting an integer property (Items.Count) to an objec
    (MyItems?)
   
    Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP
    http://www.dimastr.com
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    "Rick Andrews" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messag
    news:31721F31-4617-4732-8541-3BC783AE026F@microsoft.com..
    > Hi
    >> I'm trying to archive old emails based on their SentOn, ReceivedTime, o
    CreationTime properties.  I can get the value for these properties for an
    item except the items in the "Sent Items" folder.  E.g., when I try to ge
    the SentOn time, I get an error
    >>    ItemTime = MyItems(MyItems.Count).SentO
    >> Error: "Run-time error '-2147168452 (8004cf3c)'
    >          "Method 'SentOn' of object 'MailItem' failed
    >> In fact, I've found that very few mailitem properties work for me in th
    Sent Items folder.  E.g., "subject", "Class", "MessageClass" work, but To
    SenderName, SentOn, ReceivedTime, CreationTime don't
    >> Once I get the date/time of the message, I'll be moving it to a locatio
    in a different PST based on that date/time.  Will I be able to move it ok