How do I get date-1 formatted as mm-dd-yyyy using PowerShell

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How does one get date-1 and format it to mm-dd-yyyy in PowerShell   Example  If today is November 1  2013  and I need 10-31-2013 in my code   I ve used AddDays -1  before  but I can t seem to get it to work with any formatting options

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This is the most simple solution for me  just the current date  tStamp   Get-Date -format yyyy MM dd HHmmss  current date with some months added  tStamp   Get-Date  get-date  AddMonths 6  Date -Format yyyyMMdd

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I think this is only partially true  Changing the format seems to switch the date to a string object which then has no methods like AddDays to manipulate it  So to make this work  you have to switch it back to a date  For example   Get-Date  Get-Date  AddDays -1  -format D

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You can use the  tostring   method with datetime format specifiers to format to whatever you need   http   msdn microsoft com en-us library 8kb3ddd4 aspx   Get-Date  AddDays -1  ToString  MM-dd-yyyy   11-01-2013

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Windows PowerShell     Copyright  C  2014 Microsoft Corporation  All rights reserved       PS C  Windows system32 gt     dte   Get-Date       PS C  Windows system32 gt     PastDueDate    dte AddDays -45  Date       PS C  Windows system32 gt     PastDueDate        Sunday  March 1  2020 12 00 00 AM     PS C  Windows system32 gt     NewDateFormat   Get-Date  PastDueDate -Format MMddyyyy      PS C  Windows system32 gt     NewDateFormat 03012020     There re few additional methods available as well e g    dte AddDays -45  Day

[date] How do I get 'date-1' formatted as mm-dd-yyyy using PowerShell?

just the current date

current date with some months added

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