These two small functions can be used to convert a specific Time Zone into a DateTime object. The returned DateTime object represents the current time in the specified Time Zone. This can be useful if you need to know what time time is right now in a different Time Zone.
| function ConvertTo-DateTime { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Converts a TimeZoneInfo object into a DateTime object for that time zone. | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| This function can be used to convert a specific time zone into a DateTime object | |
| for that time zone. | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| Get-TimeZone | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like '*Sydney*'} | ConvertTo-DateTime | |
| .NOTES | |
| Author: Øyvind Kallstad | |
| Date: 03.05.2015 | |
| Version: 1.0 | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| param ( | |
| [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)] | |
| [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
| [TimeZoneInfo] $TimeZone | |
| ) | |
| $dateTime = ([datetime]::Now) | |
| $dtOffset = $TimeZone.GetUtcOffset($dateTime) | |
| Write-Output (($dateTime.Add($dtOffset)).ToUniversalTime()) | |
| } | |
| function Get-TimeZone { | |
| Write-Output ([System.TimeZoneInfo]::GetSystemTimeZones()) | |
| } |
