Using Test-Path -NewerThan to check date of files

Question

I have the following method to verify the presence of a file in a remote folder where I need to check the date of the file must be the current date.

If I execute the below statement it seems to work

$Exs = Test-Path  '\\srvcld\Homeware\Applications\Processed\Soc*' -NewerThan (Get-Date -UFormat "%d/%m/%Y")

But when it run in the entiere script it returns the following error:

Test-Path : Cannot bind parameter 'NewerThan'. Cannot convert value "02/23/2018" to type "System.DateTime". Error: "String was not recognized as a valid DateTime."

Do you know another method that could be used to verify the existence of the files from the current date?

You can refer the same topic discussed here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19774097/finding-modified-date-of-a-file-folder — regi, Feb 26 '18 at 11:28
Your original code works fine for me with PSv5. `[datetime]::Today` will return a midnight DateTime which should do what you want, but I can't test with v4... `-NewerThan ([datetime]::Today)` — henrycarteruk, Feb 26 '18 at 13:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 26 '18 at 12:58

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This might helps you

Get-ChildItem -Path "<path>" | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -ge (Get-Date).Date}

edited Feb 26 '18 at 12:58

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answered Feb 26 '18 at 12:55

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '18 at 18:53

Don't format the date. This converts it to a [String], and relies on your culture when converting this back to [DateTime].

Instead, keep is as a [DateTime] object and pass this to Test-Path. That's the type it's expecting anyway:

$Exs = Test-Path  '\\srvcld\Homeware\Applications\Processed\Soc*' -NewerThan (Get-Date).Date

To add to Dharini's answer, this gives the current date but not time. Run the below if you'd like to see the types.

$date1 = Get-Date -UFormat "%d/%m/%Y"
$date2 = (Get-Date).Date

$date1.GetType()     # returns String
$date2.GetType()     # returns DateTime

Using Test-Path -NewerThan to check date of files

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