Hopefully someone can give me a hand. I'm having trouble comparing the current date to the date which a file was created. The output I get from each date is below along with my code.
Created date output:
21/05/2012 10:27:25 PM
Current date output:
8/05/2013 12:00:00 AM
Is it possible to compare these dates?
My code is as follows:
$host = Read-Host 'Host: '
$username = Read-Host 'Username: '
$password = Read-Host 'Password: '
Connect-VIServer -Server $host -User $username -Password $password
$snapshotDate = Get-Snapshot -VM CONVCORPSPOINT | Select-Object Created | Format-Table -HideTableHeaders
$currentDate = Get-Date | Select-Object Date | Format-Table -HideTableHeaders
$snapshotDate
$currentDate
if ($snapshotDate -lt $currentDate) {
Write-Host 'The snapshot date is earlier than the current date'
}
else {
Write-Host 'The snapshot date is not earlier than the current date'
}
Try this:
$x = Get-Date
You can get a list of all methods associated to the date object doing this:
$x | gm
You can format your date like this:
$x.ToString("yyyyMMdd hh:mm:ss")
All format options are described here. You can then normalize your dates and compare them easily.