how to output date and time from powershell to a file

Question

I can get current date and time in yyyy/mm/dd format in powershell. I want the output of this cmd to be put in text file.

Currently Command I run is

get-date -format yyyy/mm/dd

Works as expected but I when I try to redirect output to file I see error

get-date -format yyyy/mm/dd - o test.txt

The question might be trivial as I am new to powershell

Evan · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-24 16:01:46Z

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Use Out-File

get-date -format yyyy/mm/dd | Out-File -FilePath C:\Date.txt

answered Jan 24, 2020 at 16:01

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Keep in mind that Out-File will overwrite the full contents of the file, unless you add the parameter -Append.

STR4NG3R · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-24 17:44:16Z

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date -format yyyy/mm/dd >c:\date.txt

Overwrite txt file ^

date -format yyyy/mm/dd >>c:\date.txt

Append new line to txt file ^

Shorter and slightly more efficient method(s)

answered Jan 24, 2020 at 16:45

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howard1030 · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-14 10:25:25Z

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I am not sure if this is a recent change but mm is giving me minutes - I have had to use MM for months i.e.

date -format yyyy/MM/dd >> c:\date.txt

answered Sep 14, 2022 at 10:22

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