Setup default date format like yyyy-mm-dd in Powershell?

Question

A simple & short question:

How can I setup a default date format in powershell like yyyy-mm-dd ? so any date output will be like this format?

Answer 1

i've used this, it works for me, just copy it at the beginning of your script

$currentThread = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread
$culture = [CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture.Clone()
$culture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = 'yyyy-MM-dd'
$currentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture
$currentThread.CurrentUICulture = $culture

in case you'll find problem in loading assembly for CultureInfo (i had this issue on Windows 2008 Server), change line 2 in this way

$currentThread = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread
$culture = $CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Clone()
$culture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = 'dd-MM-yyyy'
$currentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture
$currentThread.CurrentUICulture = $culture