Get-Date - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet

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Get-Date

Description
Get current date and time

Usage


Options


Example(s)
Retrieve the current date and time, but display only the date:

PS C:\>get-date -DisplayHint date

Retrieve the current date and time, display as a General short date/time:

PS C:\>get-date -format g

Display the day of the year:

PS C:\>(get-date).dayofyear

Display daylight savings and UTC:

PS C:\>$a = get-date
$a.IsDaylightSavingTime()
$a.ToUniversalTime()

Display the bios date of a remote machine using WMI:

PS C:\>$a = get-wmiobject win32_bios -computer SERVER64
$a | format-list -property Name, @{Label="BIOS Date "; `
Expression={$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.ReleaseDate)}}

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