Dealing with Dates and Times
Being able to do date/time calculations is very useful. Fortunately PowerShell provides all kinds of quick date/time calculations. Some of the more common tricks are shown in the following example:
Here, a .NET method is used to get a new value from the original object. This is done in a “single step,” in contrast to saving the object to a variable and then using the method on the variable. The use of a minus sign indicates that a value is being requested from the past.
Other common date/time methods include
• AddHours—Add/subtract based on a number of hours.
• AddMilliseconds—Add/subtract based on a number of milliseconds. ...
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