Modules/AzureDevOpsDsc.Common/Api/Functions/Private/Helper/Format-Date.ps1
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.SYNOPSIS Formats a string as a date in 'yyyyMMdd' format. .PARAMETER string The string to be formatted as a date. .RETURNS String The formatted date string in 'yyyyMMdd' format. .EXAMPLE PS> Format-Date -string "2023-10-05" 20231005 .NOTES If the input string cannot be cast to a valid date, the function defaults to '01-01-1900'. #> Function Format-Date { param( [Object]$object ) # -as [datetime] handles strings, DateTime, and Deserialized.System.DateTime uniformly. # Fall back to 01-01-1900 when conversion fails. $dateTime = $object -as [datetime] if ($null -eq $dateTime) { $dateTime = [datetime]'01-01-1900' } return $dateTime.ToString('yyyyMMdd') } |