How do you parse a date in powershell?
To ParseDate in powershell use ParseExact -- it parses a string and return a date -- you may need to provide a format pattern (or, occasionally, an array of format patterns)
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;
}