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How to format date string in PowerShell?
By default the when you run the (Get-Date) cmdlet, its output is in the below format.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date 18 March 2020 22:56:18
You can format the above output in the various format supported by PowerShell.
Examples
d – Short date pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format d 18-03-2020
D – Long date pattern
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format D 18 March 2020
f – Full date pattern with a short time pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format f 18 March 2020 23:01
F – Full date pattern with a long time pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format F 18 March 2020 23:02:22
g – General date pattern with a short time pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format g 18-03-2020 23:03
G – General date pattern with a long time pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format G 18-03-2020 23:05:39
M/m – Month day pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format M 18 March PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format m 18 March
O,o – Round trip date/time pattern
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format O 2020-03-18T23:08:36.8098960+05:30 PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format o 2020-03-18T23:08:36.8098960+05:30
R,r – RFC1123 pattern
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format R Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:10:06 GMT PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format r Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:10:06 GMT
s – Sortable Date/Time pattern
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format s 2020-03-18T23:12:12
t – Short time pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format t 23:13
T – Long time pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format T 23:13:09
u – Universal Sortable date/time pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format u 2020-03-19 20:21:37Z
U – Universal Full date/time format.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format U 19 March 2020 14:51:41
Y,y – Year month pattern.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format y March, 2020 PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format Y March, 2020
You can also format Get-Date into the .NET format and for that, you need to use –Format parameter.
.NET format specifier can be used as below.
| dddd | Day of the week – Full Name |
| MM | Month number |
| dd | Day of the month – 2 digits |
| yyyy | Year in 4-digit format |
| HH:mm | Time in 24-hour format –no seconds |
| K | Timezone format in UTC (Universal Time Coordinate) |
You can use any of the above combinations to format the date in the required format.
Example
Get-Date -Format "dd/MM/yyyy" 19-03-2020
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format "dd/MM/yyyy -- dddd" 19-03-2020 -- Thursday
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-Date -Format "HH:mm K" 20:44 +05:30
You can format the date string into the universal format as well and for that, you need to use –Uformat parameter. Below specifiers used for the universal format.
| %A | Day of the week – Full Name |
| %m | Month number |
| %d | Day of the month – 2 digits |
| %Y | Year in 4-digit format |
| %R | Time in 24-hour format –no seconds |
| %Z | Timezone offset from UTC |
Example
Get-Date -UFormat "%d %m %Y" 19 03 2020
Get-Date -UFormat %R 21:15
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