Get-Thursday

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script checks of a particular date in the past was a Thurday. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script creates a DateTime object set for 1st May, 2003. The 
6.     script then check to see if that day is a Thursday then displays
7.     the day of week for that date (which is a Thursday). This script
8.     is a copy of the MSDN sample, written in PowerShell.   
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Get-Thursday.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2009/08/get-thursday.html
16.     MSDN Sample posted at: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.dayofweek(VS.71).aspx 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     PSH [C:\foo]: . 'E:\PowerShellScriptLib\System.DateTime\get-thursday.ps1' 
20.     Is Thursday the day of the week for 5/1/2003?: True 
21.     The day of the week for 5/1/2003 is Thursday. 
22. #> 
23.   
24. ## 
25. # Start of script 
26. ## 
27.   
28. # Create a DateTime for the first of May, 2003. 
29. $dt = New-Object System.DateTime 2003, 5, 1 
30.   
31. # Now - is it Thursday? 
32. "Is Thursday the day of the week for {0:d}?: {1}" -f $dt,($dt.DayOfWeek -eq [system.DayOfWeek]::Thursday) 
33. "The day of the week for {0:d} is {1}." -f $dt, $dt.DayOfWeek 
34. # End of Script 

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