Get-DateTime.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.   Uses .NET formatting strings to format date/time values   
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.   Recreates an MSDN sample for displaying Date/TIme Format. See 
6.   links section for pointer to original Sample. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : Get-DateTime.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3 
11. .EXAMPLE 
12.     PS C:\foo> .\Get-DateTime.ps1 
13.     FORMAT  en-gb EXAMPLE 
14.     CHAR    VALUE OF ASSOCIATED PROPERTY, if ANY 
15.       d     12/28/2008 
16.             dd/MM/yyyy (ShortDatePattern) 
17.       D     28 December 2008 
18.             dd MMMM yyyy (LongDatePattern) 
19.       f     28 December 2008 16:37 
20.       F     28 December 2008 16:37:00 
21.             dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss (FullDateTimePattern) 
22.       g     28/12/2008 16:37 
23.       G     28/12/2008 16:37:00 
24.       m     28 December 
25.             dd MMMM (MonthDayPattern) 
26.       M     28 December 
27.             dd MMMM (MonthDayPattern) 
28.       o     2008-12-28T16:37:00.4017900+00:00 
29.       r     Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:37:00 GMT 
30.             ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT' (RFC1123Pattern) 
31.       R     Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:37:00 GMT 
32.             ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT' (RFC1123Pattern) 
33.       s     2008-12-28T16:37:00 
34.             yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss (SortableDateTimePattern) 
35.       t     16:37 
36.             HH:mm (ShortTimePattern) 
37.       T     16:37:00 
38.             HH:mm:ss (LongTimePattern) 
39.       u     2008-12-28 16:37:00Z 
40.             yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z' (UniversalSortableDateTimePattern) 
41.       U     28 December 2008 16:37:00\n 
42.       y     December 2008 
43.             MMMM yyyy (YearMonthPattern) 
44.       Y     December 2008 
45.             MMMM yyyy (YearMonthPattern) 
46. .EXAMPLE 
47.     PS C:\foo> Get-Help Get-DateTime.ps1 
48.     Left as an exercise for the reader! 
49. .LINK 
50.     Script posted to: 
51.     http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
52.     MSDN Sample Page showing C# original 
53.     http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.datetimeformatinfo.aspx 
54. #> 
55.  
56. ## 
57. # Start of Script 
58. ## 
59.  
60. # Create and initialise a DateTimeFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture. 
61. $culture = [system.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CreateSpecificCulture("en-gb") 
62. $dtfi   = $culture.DateTimeFormat 
63.  
64. # Create a DateTime with the Gregorian date January 3, 2002 (year=2002, month=1, day=3). 
65. # The Gregorian calendar is the default calendar for the en-GB culture. 
66. $dt = get-date 
67. "FORMAT  en-gb EXAMPLE" 
68. "CHAR    VALUE OF ASSOCIATED PROPERTY, IF ANY"  
69. "  d     {0}       "   -f $DT.ToString("d", $DI)  
70. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.ShortDatePattern, "(ShortDatePattern)"  
71. "  D     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("D", $DTFI)  
72. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.LongDatePattern,  "(LongDatePattern)"  
73. "  f     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("f", $DTFI)  
74. "  F     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("F", $DTFI)  
75. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.FullDateTimePattern, "(FullDateTimePattern)"  
76. "  g     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("g", $DTFI)  
77. "  G     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("G", $DTFI)  
78. "  m     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("m", $DTFI)  
79. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.MonthDayPattern, "(MonthDayPattern)"  
80. "  M     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("M", $DTFI)  
81. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.MonthDayPattern, "(MonthDayPattern)" 
82. "  o     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("o", $DTFI)  
83. "  r     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("r", $DTFI)  
84. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.RFC1123Pattern, "(RFC1123Pattern)"  
85. "  R     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("R", $DTFI)  
86. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.RFC1123Pattern, "(RFC1123Pattern)"  
87. "  s     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("s", $DTFI)  
88. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.SortableDateTimePattern, "(SortableDateTimePattern)"  
89. "  t     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("t", $DTFI)  
90. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.ShortTimePattern, "(ShortTimePattern)"  
91. "  T     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("T", $DTFI)  
92. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.LongTimePattern, "(LongTimePattern)"  
93. "  u     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("u", $DTFI)  
94. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.UniversalSortableDateTimePattern, "(UniversalSortableDateTimePattern)"  
95. "  U     {0}\n     "   -f $dt.ToString("U", $DTFI)  
96. "  y     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("y", $DTFI)  
97. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.YearMonthPattern, "(YearMonthPattern)"  
98. "  Y     {0}       "   -f $dt.ToString("Y", $DTFI)  
99. "        {0} {1}   "   -f $dtfi.YearMonthPattern, "(YearMonthPattern)"  
100. # End of Script 

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