Demonstration of how to get date properties using PowerShell, based on the date x years ago, or x years from now.
Additional References:
Get-Date
Date and Time formats
Joe
Code:
@setlocal
@echo off
function AddYears=`%@pshell[$d = Get-Date; $d.AddYears(%1)]`
function AddYears.DayOfWeek=`%@pshell[$d = Get-Date; $d.AddYears(%1).DayOfWeek]`
function AddYears.ToShortDate=`%@pshell[$d = Get-Date; $d.AddYears(%1).ToShortDateString()]`
function AddYears.ToLongDate=`%@pshell[$d = Get-Date; $d.AddYears(%1).ToLongDateString()]`
function AddYears.Day=`%@pshell[$d = Get-Date; $d.AddYears(%1).Day]`
function AddYears.Month=`%@pshell[$d = Get-Date; $d.AddYears(%1).Month]`
function AddYears.DayOfYear=`%@pshell[$d = Get-Date; $d.AddYears(%1).DayOfYear]`
set theNumber=-72
ver
echo.
echo Todays date is %@AddYears[0]
echo.
echo %((%theNumber*-1)) years ago, the date was %@AddYears[%theNumber]
echo.
echo The short date was %@AddYears.ToShortDate[%theNumber]
echo.
echo The long date was %@AddYears.ToLongDate[%theNumber]
echo.
echo The day of the week was %@AddYears.DayOfWeek[%theNumber]
echo.
echo The day was %@AddYears.Day[%theNumber]
echo.
echo The month was %@AddYears.Month[%theNumber]
echo.
echo The Day of the year was %@AddYears.DayOfYear[%theNumber]
endlocal
quit
TCC 22.00.38 x64 Windows 7 [Version 6.1.7601]
Todays date is
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 6:06:57 AM
72 years ago, the date was
Thursday, February 14, 1946 6:06:57 AM
The short date was 2/14/1946
The long date was Thursday, February 14, 1946
The day of the week was Thursday
The day was 14
The month was 2
The Day of the year was 45Additional References:
Get-Date
Date and Time formats
Joe