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How do you parse a date in powershell?

Use ParseExact!

$DateAsAString = "30-12-1905";
$exactDate = [datetime]::ParseExact($DateAsAString,"dd-MM-yyyy",$Null)
write-host $exactDate -f blue;

Minimal Powershell Example for DateTime ParseExact

[datetime]::ParseExact("30-12-1905","dd-MM-yyyy",$Null)

Can Use TryParseExact, but it's not at as easy from powershell

$DateAsAString = "30-12-1905";
$parseddate4 = get-date; # seem to have to initialize this variable...
if ([DateTime]::TryParseExact(
	$DateAsAString,
	"dd-MM-yyyy",
	[System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture,
	[System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles]::None,
	[ref]$parseddate4))
{
	Write-Host "$parseddate4" -f green;
} else {
	Write-Host "it was formatted correctly" -f red;
}

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