Issue with Get-Date conversion of FileDate returning year 0421

Greg Corey 21 Reputation points
2021-02-23T17:43:54.137+00:00

I'm having an issue with Get-Date (which I suspect is an issue with the underlying .NET framework) which can best be illustrated with this command: 

Get-Date ((get-date).ToFileTime())

The returned value is: 

Tuesday, February 23, 0421 5:41:34 PM

Is this a known bug or a behavior change in the framework?

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  1. Rich Matheisen 44,776 Reputation points
    2021-02-24T00:02:56.703+00:00

    EDIT: Not a bug. My previous answer (below) is incorrect. A DateTime object holds "number of ticks since 12:00 midnight, January 1, 0001 A.D. (C.E.)". A FileTime is the number of ticks from 12:00 midnight, January 1, 1601 A.D.

    Very interesting! It looks like the "(Get-Date).ToFileTime"), which should be returning the number of ticks since 1-Jan-1601 00:00:00Z, isn't doing that. It's off by 1601 years!

    [int64]$Ftime=(get-date).ToFileTime()
[int64]$Ctime=(get-date).ticks
[int64]$Diff = $Ctime - $Ftime
Get-Date $Diff

[int64]$NewFtime = $Ftime + $Diff
Get-Date $NewFtime

    However, if you're interested in getting the date as a number of ticks you can simply use "(Get-Date).Ticks"

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  2. Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 29,571 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-02-24T09:31:38.85+00:00

    Hi，

    A FileTime represents the number of 100-nanosecond intervals(ticks) since January 1, 1601 (UTC). If you want to convert a FileTime to DateTime you can use the [DateTime]::FromFileTime() method 

    [DateTime]::FromFileTime((Get-Date).ToFileTime())

    You may refer to the link below
    File Times

    Best Regards，
    Ian Xue

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