Set-Date (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility) - PowerShell (2024)

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How do you set the date in PowerShell? ›

The Set-Date cmdlet changes the system date and time on the computer to a date and time that you specify. You can specify a new date and/or time by typing a string or by passing a DateTime or TimeSpan object to Set-Date . To specify a new date or time, use the Date parameter.

The Get-Date cmdlet gets a DateTime object that represents the current date or a date that you specify. Get-Date can format the date and time in several .NET and UNIX formats. You can use Get-Date to generate a date or time character string, and then send the string to other cmdlets or programs.

PowerShell provides several options for converting Get-Date to a string. One of the commonly used methods is the ToString() method, which allows you to specify the desired format. This will convert the current date and time to a string format in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss .

The Bash date command, combined with a format string, is your key to manipulating and displaying dates. For instance, date '+%Y-%m-%d' will output the current date in the 'YYYY-MM-DD' format. In this example, we've used the date command with a format string '+%Y-%m-%d' .

To create a new variable, use an assignment statement to assign a value to the variable. You don't have to declare the variable before using it. The default value of all variables is $null . To get a list of all the variables in your PowerShell session, type Get-Variable .

In many cases, it may be required to convert a string to a date variable or a date-time object. In PowerShell, this can be done in many ways. Some of the ways in which this can be done by using type casting, getting the date in US format, using parsing of Date Time.

In File Explorer (or Windows Explorer), right-click the script filename and then select Run with PowerShell. The Run with PowerShell feature starts a Windows PowerShell session that has an execution policy of Bypass, runs the script, and closes the session.

Press the Windows Key + X and select Windows PowerShell (Admin). Type in wmic qfe list. You will see a list of updates including the HotFix (KB) number and link, description, comments, installed date, and more.

How do I change the date output format? ›

To display timestamp on command prompt, use the special character \D{} for PS1 shell variable. It is possible to display arbitrary time format by putting a special character based on strftime() function into {} . For more information on special characters, refer to the online manual “STRFTIME(3) man 3 strftime. ”

2. Type "date" into the command prompt window and press "Enter." The current date setting will now display. To change it, type the proper date into the window in the "mm-dd-yy" format -- for example, "05-30-13" for May 30, 2013 -- and press "Enter." The new date setting will now be saved.

In PowerShell, use [System. TimeZone] and invoke the ConvertTimeBySystemZoneID static method, which returns the date-time value of the given time zone! In PowerShell, use [System. TimeZone] and invoke the ConvertTimeBySystemZoneID static method, which returns the date-time value of the given time zone!