so I've got a CSV file with 5 headings: name, collectionDate, location, equipmentNotes, manager.
Now my collectionDates are all in UK format so DD/MM/YYYY. I only want to import data from the CSV with collection dates that are 7 days or less in the future. So today is 17/08, therefore I would only want to pull data from the CSV that is dated between 17/08 to 24/08.
Although Powershell sort of handles datetime objects in UK format if you tell it to, I seem to be unable to then manipulate the date to add on 7 days.
Here is my current code:
$today = Get-Date
$thisWeek = $today.AddDays(7)
$thisWeekString = $thisWeek.ToString()
$dateParts = $thisweekString -split " "
$weekFinal = $dateParts[0]
$import = Import-Csv @("\\location\EmailCSV.csv") | Where-Object {$_.collectionDate -lt $weekFinal}
Powershell correctly adds 7 days to the datetime to make it 24/08, and then when converting it to a string and removing the time from it, it correctly sets the variable as 24/08/2018. But when I then go to compare them in the Import cmdlet, it just returns all data in the CSV, rather than dates less than 24/08.
I also know Powershell can compare these, because if I create a separate variable $otherDate with 24/08/2018 in it, and then create an if statement that checks if $weekFinal is greater or less than $otherDate, it correctly runs the statement when true.
I've tried using both Where and Where-Object in the Import-Csv cmdlet, but both have returned the same results.
How do I get Powershell to correctly compare $_.collectionDate and $weekFinal to filter the imported data from the csv?
It is easiest to perform all calculations and comparisons using [datetime]
instances - avoid string operations (except for converting a string representation of a date to a [datetime]
instance).
First, express today's date and 1 week from now as a [datetime]
instance without a time-of-day component:
$today = (Get-Date).Date # Today's date, without a time component (midnight)
$oneWeekFromToday = $today.AddDays(7)
Then use [datetime]::Parse()
to convert the invariably string-typed CSV column value of interest to a [datetime]
instance so you can perform proper date-comparison.
$import = Import-Csv \\location\EmailCSV.csv | Where-Object {
$thisDate = [datetime]::Parse($_.collectionDate)
# Process this row if its date falls between today and 1 week from now, inclusively.
$thisDate -ge $today -and $thisDate -le $oneWeekFromToday
}
Important : use [datetime]::Parse('...')
, not a [datetime] '...'
cast , because only [datetime]::Parse()
respects the current culture 's date and time formats; by design, PowerShell's casts and string interpolation always use the invariant culture , irrespective of the current culture - for more information, see this answer of mine.
Try casting the strings to [datetime]
in your comparison. When using a sample set of data, I was able to get the expected results.
$import = Import-Csv @("\\location\EmailCSV.csv") | Where-Object {[datetime]$_.collectionDate -lt [datetime]$weekFinal}
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