Convert Unix/Windows timestamps to a DateTime PowerShell Object.

Get Unix/Windows time from a PowerShell DateTime Object.

Four cmdlets (two with optional switches to return conversion result as UTC time).

• Convert-UnixTime
• Convert-WindowsTime
• Get-UnixTime
• Get-WindowsTime

Available in the PowerShell Gallery

Associated Blogpost

Install direct from the PowerShell Gallery (Powershell 5.x and above)

install-module -name ConvertTime

Convert from Unix timestamp to a PowerShell DateTime Object relative to local time based of system time zone.

(optional) Return DateTime as Coordinated Universal Time

The unix timestamp to convert

(optional) The unix timestamp converted and retured as Coordinated Universal Time

Token from Pipeline.

PowerShell Object

Convert-UnixTime 1592001868

Convert-UnixTime 1592001868 -UTC

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Convert-UnixTime 1592001868 

Saturday, 13 June 2020 8:44:28 AM

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Convert-UnixTime 1592001868 -UTC

Friday, 12 June 2020 10:44:28 PM

Convert from Windows timestamp to a PowerShell DateTime Object relative to local time based of system time zone.

(optional) Return DateTime as Coordinated Universal Time

The Windows timestamp to convert

(optional) The Windows timestamp converted as Coordinated Universal Time

Token from Pipeline.

PowerShell Object

Convert-WindowsTime 132947402891099830

Convert-WindowsTime 132947402891099830 -UTC

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Convert-WindowsTime 132947402891099830

Monday, 18 April 2022 5:24:49 PM

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Convert-WindowsTime 132947402891099830 -UTC

Monday, 18 April 2022 7:24:49 AM

Convert from a PowerShell DateTime Object to Unix timestamp

(optional) If no input PowerShell DateTime Object provided the current datetime is converted

Token from Pipeline.

Unix datetime stamp

Get-UnixTime

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Get-UnixTime
1665374881

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Get-Date | Get-UnixTime
1665374931

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Get-UnixTime -datetime 'Sunday, 9 October 2022 2:47:48 PM'
1665287268

Convert from a PowerShell DateTime Object to Windows timestamp

(optional) If no input PowerShell DateTime Object provided the current datetime is converted

Token from Pipeline.

Windows datetime stamp

Get-WindowsTime

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Get-WindowsTime 
133098487061671481

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Get-Date | Get-WindowsTime
133098487250480096

PS C:\Users\Darren Robinson> Get-WindowsTime -datetime 'Sunday, 9 October 2022 2:47:48 PM'
133097608680000000

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