The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display Number of Minutes in a Day

October 17, 2015 Oct 17, 2015 10/17/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display the number of minutes in a day. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily display how many minutes are in a day? (image) Create a timespan equal to one day, and then select the total minutes from it: (New-TimeSpan -Days 1).totalminutes (image...

Optimize PowerShell Code?

March 13, 2015 Mar 13, 2015 03/13/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about optimizing Windows PowerShell code. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was looking at my Windows Phone this morning and I noticed that today is Friday the 13th. What seemed a bit strange to me is that I thought there was also a Friday the 13th last month. I then became ...

Create Custom Date Formats with PowerShell

January 23, 2015 Jan 23, 2015 01/23/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating custom date formats with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about working with Windows PowerShell is that it is highly configurable. In short, if there is something that I do not like, I can change it. Most of the time, that ...

Formatting Date Strings with PowerShell

January 22, 2015 Jan 22, 2015 01/22/15

Doctor Scripto

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 ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display Format for Short Date

January 21, 2015 Jan 21, 2015 01/21/15

Doctor Scripto

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

Scripting Blog [archived]

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