TimeStamp on file name using PowerShell

Question

I have a path in a string    C  temp mybackup zip   I would like insert a timestamp in that script  for example    C  temp mybackup 2009-12-23 zip   Is there an easy way to do this in PowerShell

User · Accepted Answer

You can insert arbitrary PowerShell script code in a double-quoted string by using a subexpression, for example, $() like so:

"C:\temp\mybackup $(get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd).zip"

And if you are getting the path from somewhere else - already as a string:

$dirName  = [io.path]::GetDirectoryName($path)
$filename = [io.path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($path)
$ext      = [io.path]::GetExtension($path)
$newPath  = "$dirName\$filename $(get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd)$ext"

And if the path happens to be coming from the output of Get-ChildItem:

Get-ChildItem *.zip | Foreach {
  "$($_.DirectoryName)\$($_.BaseName) $(get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd)$($_.extension)"}

User · Answer

Here s some PowerShell code that should work  You can combine most of this into fewer lines  but I wanted to keep it clear and readable    string  filePath    C  tempFile zip     string  directory    System IO Path   GetDirectoryName  filePath    string  strippedFileName    System IO Path   GetFileNameWithoutExtension  filePath    string  extension    System IO Path   GetExtension  filePath    string  newFileName    strippedFileName    DateTime   Now ToString  yyyyMMdd-HHmmss      extension   string  newFilePath    System IO Path   Combine  directory   newFileName    Move-Item -LiteralPath  filePath -Destination  newFilePath

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I needed to export our security log and wanted the date and time in Coordinated Universal Time  This proved to be a challenge to figure out  but so simple to execute   wevtutil export-log security c  users  username  SECURITYEVENTLOG- computername -    get-date  ToUniversalTime    ToString  yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ    evtx   The magic code is just this part       get-date  ToUniversalTime    ToString  yyyyMMddTHHmmssZ

User · Answer

Use    filenameFormat    mybackup zip           Get-Date -Format  yyyy-MM-dd   Rename-Item -Path  C  temp mybackup zip  -NewName  filenameFormat

User · Answer

Thanks for the above script  One little modification to add in the file ending correctly  Try this       filenameFormat    MyFileName           Get-Date -Format  yyyy-MM-dd         txt     Rename-Item -Path  C  temp MyFileName txt  -NewName  filenameFormat

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