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Private/ConvertTo-EpochDateTime.ps1

                                function ConvertTo-EpochDateTime

{

    <#

    .SYNOPSIS

        Function used to convert a dateTime object to an epoch time string

    .EXAMPLE

        ConvertTo-EpochDateTime -DateTimeInput '5/2/2022 3:15pm'

        # returns 1651518900000

    #>

    [CmdletBinding(PositionalBinding=$true)]

    param

    (

        [datetime]$DateTimeInput

    )

    $utc = $DateTimeInput.ToUniversalTime()

    $epochTime = Get-Date -Date $utc -UFormat '%s'

    #another way

    # (New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date "01/01/1970") -End (([datetime]"5/2/2022 12:15am").ToUniversalTime())).TotalMilliseconds

    return [long]$epochTime * 1000

}