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Quick and dirty Power shell help

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    Quick and dirty Power shell help

    Code:
      $date = Get-Date ($_.LastWriteTime)
    returns the date as a number, how would I get it to return JAN/FEB/etc?

    Code:
      $date = Get-Date -format D ($_.LastWriteTime)
    Doesn't seem to work
    Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
    I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

    I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

    #2
    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    Code:
      $date = Get-Date ($_.LastWriteTime)
    returns the date as a number, how would I get it to return JAN/FEB/etc?

    Code:
      $date = Get-Date -format D ($_.LastWriteTime)
    Doesn't seem to work
    Scrap that
    Last edited by SimonMac; 16 June 2016, 15:36.
    Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
    I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

    I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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      #3
      not sure why and how you are putting that object into a variable but to format a date

      get-date -f dd/MMM/yyy



      uppercase here refers to month lower case m's give minutes

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        #4
        Originally posted by veroli View Post
        not sure why and how you are putting that object into a variable but to format a date

        get-date -f dd/MMM/yyy



        uppercase here refers to month lower case m's give minutes
        I thought Windows wasn't case-sensitive?

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          #5
          it is(can) be in powershell

          to work in date and time formats

          MM is months mm is minutes if you dont believe me try it

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            #6
            Originally posted by veroli View Post
            it is(can) be in powershell

            to work in date and time formats

            MM is months mm is minutes if you dont believe me try it
            Not saying I don't believe you, just odd. Conversely similar in Unix, case sometimes is ignored.

            'nslookup host1' and 'nslookup HOST1' both return the same correct resolution. Here Unix ignores case - just find it interesting....

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              #7
              i'm used to using both so i tend to obey case even where it is not necessary,
              powershell tries to be clever, and usually succeeds, in working out case, just can be unnecessarily verbose at times

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