I have this value 2016-01-15 19:31:24
That value is $array[0]
I convert it by
$time = [DateTime]::Parse($array[0])
with the result
Friday, January 15, 2016 7:31:24 PM
When I assign Time in a html $body string. I get the initial value. ( 2016-01-15 19:31:24)
Is there something I am not doing?
No. Internally, it’s all stored as a fractional number. In different situations, it’ll get formatted differently. You just need to specify the format you want. There are methods of a DateTime object that produce various formats. What you’re after is probably a “long date time.”
forget the array.
$time = [datetime]‘2016-01-15 19:31:24’
$time.datetime.gettype()
PowerShell’s format commands behave differently than when a DateTime object is just cast to a string (or when its ToString() method is called with no arguments). If you do “$date”, then it’s the latter, casting behavior that is used. When you just do $date and let PowerShell display the value, it goes through PowerShell’s formatting system.
Anyhow, this probably does what you’re after: “My date is: $($date.ToString(‘F’))”
Why ‘F’? Got that info from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1(v=vs.110).aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 , and I constantly have to refer to those “Standard Format Strings” pages to remember what’s what.
$time1 = $array1[0] $date1 = [DateTime]::Parse($time1) $timev1 = $date1.Datetime
Doing it this way allowed me to define the date correctly in the html body. I guess my question is now how to convert to the correct time zone.
Dave,
I really appreciate your time and that link is a perma bookmark moving forward!
Also to everyone thank you for your time and help, I truly appreciate it.
Time zone stuff can be a little bit tricky. First you have to know what your original string represents: “2016-01-15 19:31:24”. Is that local time? Zulu time? Something else?
No, that time is 9 hours ahead. I am on the east coast ( new york, USA) EST time zone