Get-ConvertedTime.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script converts time using ConvertTime method.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script re-implements an MSDN sample. 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : Get-ConvertedTime.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2010/08/get-convertedtimeps1.html
13.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
14.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb382835.aspx  
15. .EXAMPLE 
16.     PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-ConvertedTime.ps1 
17.     Local time zone: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London 
18.  
19.     Converted 1/1/2010 12:01:00 AM Unspecified to 12/31/2009 07:01:00 PM 
20.     Converted 1/1/2010 12:01:00 AM Utc to 12/31/2009 07:01:00 PM 
21.     Converted 1/1/2010 12:01:00 AM Local to 12/31/2009 07:01:00 PM 
22.     Converted 11/6/2010 11:30:00 PM Unspecified to 11/6/2010 07:30:00 PM 
23.     Converted 11/7/2010 02:30:00 AM Unspecified to 11/6/2010 10:30:00 PM 
24. #> 
25. #Create an array of times to convert 
26. [DateTime[]] $times = (New-Object system.dateTime 2010, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0),  
27.                       (New-Object system.DateTime(2010, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, [System.DateTimeKind]::Utc)),  
28.                       (New-Object system.dateTime(2010, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, [System.DateTimeKind]::Local)),                             
29.                       (New-Object system.DateTime(2010, 11, 6, 23, 30, 0)), 
30.                       (New-Object system.DateTime(2010, 11, 7, 2, 30, 0) ); 
31.  
32. # Retrieve the time zone for Eastern Standard Time (U.S. and Canada). 
33. try { 
34.   $Est = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById("Eastern Standard Time"); 
35. } 
36. catch { 
37.   "Unable to retrieve the Eastern Standard time zone." 
38.   return; 
39. } 
40.  
41. #  Display the current time zone name. 
42. "Local time zone: {0}`n" -f [system.TimeZoneInfo]::Local.DisplayName 
43.  
44. # Convert and display each time in the $times array 
45.  foreach ($timeToConvert in $times)  { 
46.   $TargetTime = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTime($TimeToConvert, $Est) 
47.   "Converted {0} {1} to {2}" -f $timeToConvert,$timeToConvert.Kind, $targetTime 
48. }                         

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