Showing archive results for January 2015

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about formatting date strings with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It seems that different ways to display dates and times are in great supply. In fact, there are dozens of ways to do this. If I decide that I do not like the way a date or time displays, I can change...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display the culture-specific format for a short date.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to display the format of a short date that is specific to the culture settings            of my system?  Use the Get-Culture cmdlet and select the DateTimeFormat and&n...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about adding and subtracting dates with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I really like about Windows PowerShell is the way it simplifies adding and subtracting from dates. For example, if I want to find users who haven’t logged in to the domai...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find the day of the week.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find which day of the week a specific date will occur?  Use the Get-Date cmdlet, and specify day, month, and year parameters, for example: Get-Date -Month 2 -Day 14 -Year 2015

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to work with dates. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I don’t know about you, but one thing about my life as the Scripting Guy is that it keeps me busy. "Keeping busy" is a slang expression that means, "Dude, you are swamped." The Scripting Wife and I...