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Jeff
Jeff

Reputation: 3

In Powershell how do I get passwordLastSet as DateTime instead of as an Object from AD?

I am trying to get the PasswordLastSet property from Active Directory as a dateTime variable, but I only know how to get it as an object. Eventually I want to compare that date with the current date to see how many days are remaining, but I can't figure out how to get it into DateTime format.

I've tried using get-aduser in different ways but I can't seem to get the date as a DateTime.

$serviceAccount = 'serviceAccountName' $expDate = get-aduser $serviceAccount -properties * | ft passwordlastset $expDate.GetType()

I would like to get a DateTime result, but I keep getting an object.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4631

Answers (1)

TheMadTechnician
TheMadTechnician

Reputation: 36342

Never pipe to a Format-* cmdlet and then capture the output. Those are intended for formatting output to screen. Instead use |Select-Object -Expand passwordlastset. What you captured is a formatting object.

$serviceAccount = 'serviceAccountName'
$expDate = get-aduser $serviceAccount -properties * | Select-Object -Expand passwordlastset

Or a shorter version would be:

$serviceAccount = 'serviceAccountName'
$expDate = get-aduser $serviceAccount -properties * | % passwordlastset

Upvotes: 2

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