In this recipe, we simply get the system's current timestamp.
This is how we will get the timestamp.
Open PowerShell ISE. Go to Start | Accessories | Windows PowerShell | Windows PowerShell.
Add the following script and run it:
$timestamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MMM-dd-hhmmtt" #display timestamp $timestamp
Following is a sample result:
Often, we find ourselves needing the timestamp to append to different files we create or modify. To get the timestamp in PowerShell, we simply have to use the Get-Date
cmdlet, which gives the following default format:
To change the
format, we can use the –Format
switch, which accepts a format string. In our recipe, we used the following format: "yyyy-MMM-dd-hhmmtt
".
There are a number of standard format strings that return preformatted datetime type, or you can also compose your own format string. Common format strings, as documented in MSDN are as follows: