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New-TimeSpan - Powershell 2.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

New-TimeSpan


Short description
Creates a TimeSpan object.

Syntax
New-TimeSpan [[-Start] <DateTime>] [[-End] <DateTime>] [<CommonParameters>]

New-TimeSpan [-Days <int>] [-Hours <int>] [-Minutes <int>] [-Seconds <int>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description
The New-TimeSpan cmdlet creates a TimeSpan object that represents a time. interval You can use a TimeSpan object to
 add or subtract time from DateTime objects.

Without parameters, a "New-Timespan" command returns a timespan object that represents a time interval of zero.