Issue with update/modify the AD attribute from powershell

Question

I am doing a powershell script that can update the Account Expires field in the AD based on sAMAccoutname but i faced some issue on Set-ADUser powershell command when it tried to update the Account Expires field in AD. I tested several way with various combination of command option but none of them work as expected

1st attempt

 Set-ADUser -Identity xxxx00242 -accountExpires 130618739743580353 

Error received

 Set-ADUser : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'accountExpires'.
    At line:1 char:31
    + Set-ADUser -Identity xxxx0242 -accountExpires 130618739743580353
    +                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-ADUser], ParameterBindingException
        + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.SetADUser

2nd attempt

Set-ADUser -identity xxxx0242 -Add @{accountExpires=" 130612691742815904"}

Error Received

Set-ADUser : The parameter is incorrect
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-ADUser -identity xxxx0242 -Add @{accountExpires=" 130612691742815 ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (xxxx0242:ADUser) [Set-ADUser], ADInvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:87,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.SetADUser

3rd attempt

 Set-ADUser -identity xxxx0242 -Add @{AccountExpirationDate=" 130612691742815904"}

Error Received

Set-ADUser : The specified directory service attribute or value does not exist
Parameter name: AccountExpirationDate
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-ADUser -identity xxxx0242 -Add @{AccountExpirationDate=" 13061269 ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (xxxx0242:ADUser) [Set-ADUser], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryCmdlet:System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Comm
   ands.SetADUser

my powershell version is 5.1.14393.206 or Set-ADUser cant update Account Expires field in AD?This is the link

Answer 1

You need to input a valid datetime.

For instance if you want to let the account expire in 1 month.

$date = Get-Date
$dateExpiry = $date.AddMonths(1)
Set-ADUser xxxx0242 -AccountExpirationDate $dateExpiry

Please note that the returned int64 value can easily be converted to a usable datetime for instance to add 6 months to it:

$currentExpiry = (Get-ADUser xxxx0242 -Properties AccountExpires).accountExpires
[datetime]$expireDate = $currentExpiry
$newExpireDate = $expireDate.AddMonths(6)
Set-ADUser xxxx0242 -AccountExpirationDate $newExpireDate

Hope this helps!