Question:
I have two dates that are identical as far as I can tell.
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$theDate = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 00 -Second 00) $otherDate = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 00 -Second 00) |
Executed in that order
Both of these show up as Monday, May 11, 2015 12:00:00 AM, but when I do ($theDate -eq $otherDate) it returns false. I’ve tried $theDate.equals($otherDate) and (($theDate) -eq ($otherDate)) same thing.
The only thing I can get to return true is ($theDate -gt $otherDate)
Am I crazy or just a noob?
Answer:
You are forgetting about the millisecond field, which will be different for the two datetimes:
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PS > $theDate = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 00 -Second 00) PS > $otherDate = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 00 -Second 00) PS > $theDate.Millisecond 122 PS > $otherDate.Millisecond 280 |
Setting these fields to the same value fixes the problem:
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PS > $theDate = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 00 -Second 00 -Millisecond 000) PS > $otherDate = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 00 -Second 00 -Millisecond 000) PS > $theDate -eq $otherDate True |
Although it might be easier to just assign the two variables to the same datetime:
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PS > $theDate = (Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 00 -Second 00) PS > $otherDate = $theDate PS > $theDate -eq $otherDate True |