How to format a DateTime in PowerShell

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Ev. picture Ev. · Feb 12, 2010 · Viewed 490.5k times · Source

I can format the Get-Date cmdlet no problem like this:

$date = Get-Date -format "yyyyMMdd"

But once I've got a date in a variable, how do I format it? The statement below

$dateStr = $date -format "yyyMMdd"

returns this error:

"You must provide a value expression on the right-hand side of the '-f' operator"

Answer

Josh picture Josh · Feb 12, 2010

The same as you would in .NET:

$DateStr = $Date.ToString("yyyyMMdd")

Or:

$DateStr = '{0:yyyyMMdd}' -f $Date

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