Private/ConvertTo-DateTime.ps1
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Function ConvertTo-DateTime { <# .SYNOPSIS Return a date/time string converted to a localised short date string. #> [OutputType([System.DateTime])] [CmdletBinding()] Param( [Parameter(Mandatory = $True, Position = 0)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.String] $DateTime, [Parameter(Position = 1)] [System.String] $Pattern = 'MM/dd/yyyy' ) # Convert the date/time passed to the function. If conversion fails, pass the same string back try { $ConvertedDateTime = [DateTime]::ParseExact($DateTime, $Pattern, [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::CurrentUICulture.DateTimeFormat) $Output = $ConvertedDateTime.ToShortDateString() } catch { Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Failed to convert to short date." $Output = [DateTime] $DateTime } # Write the output to the pipeline Write-Verbose -Message "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand): Returning date: [$Output]." Write-Output -InputObject $Output } |