Convert Date variable into particular format in Powershell

Question

Get-Date -format yyyy/M/d works in PS1 but it doesnt work with variable date like, $date -format yyyy/M/d. It prompts an error - Unexpected token in expression or statement.

How can I make the $date variable work.

Thanks, A curious mind!

alternative option just because `([datetime]$date).tostring('yyyy/MM/dd')` — Anthony Stringer, Jun 24 '16 at 19:41

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '16 at 19:36

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You can recreate an object with Get-Date:

Get-Date $date -format yyyy/M/d

answered Jun 24 '16 at 19:36

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

You have to use ($date).ToString('yyyy/M/d')

Editing to say you can pipe the $date variable to Get-Member in order to reveal the available methods. Then we can search for formatting a DateTime string in PowerShell For example, this question

$date | GM
TypeName: System.DateTime
ToString             Method         
 string ToString(), string ToString(string format), 
 string ToString(System.IFormatProvider provider), ...

Convert Date variable into particular format in Powershell

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