Convert Timestamp to Date in PowerShell

To convert timestamp to Date in PowerShell, use the .Net method FromFileTimeToUTC(). This method takes Int64 as the input parameter and returns the DateTime.

Windows file time or timestamp is expressed in ticks and a 64-bits signed integer (int64). It represents the number of 100-nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since January 1, 1601 A.D 12:00 midnight.

In this article, we will discuss how to convert timestamp to DateTime in PowerShell.

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1 Convert Int64 TimeStamp to DateTime in PowerShell

2 Conclusion

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Convert Int64 TimeStamp to DateTime in PowerShell

.Net DateTime library has the method FromFileTimeUTC() that takes fileTime of int64 as an input parameter and returns the DateTime object that represents the UTC Time equivalent of the date and time.

# Timestamp value
$timestamp = "133174935543788321"  

# Convert timestamp to datetime
[datetime]::FromFileTimeUtc($timestamp)

In the above PowerShell script, the $timestamp variable stores the int64-bit timestamp value. To convert timestamp to datetime, it uses FromFileTimeUtc() method and returns the UTC time equivalent date and time for the specified timestamp.

The output of the above PowerShell script to convert the specified windows file time stamp to an equivalent UTC DateTime is:

PS C:\Windows> $timestamp = "133174935543788321"                                                                        

PS C:\Windows> [datetime]::FromFileTimeUtc($timestamp)                                                                  
06 January 2023 15:45:54


PS C:\Windows>

Conclusion

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