In PowerShell, how do I convert DateTime to UNIX time?

Question

In PowerShell, how can I convert string of DateTime to sum of seconds?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4192971/in-powershell-how-do-i-convert-datetime-to-unix-time

Answer 1

PS H:> (New-TimeSpan -Start $date1 -End $date2).TotalSeconds

1289923177.87462

New-TimeSpan can be used to do that. For example,

$date1 = Get-Date -Date "01/01/1970"
$date2 = Get-Date
(New-TimeSpan -Start $date1 -End $date2).TotalSeconds

Or just use this one line command

(New-TimeSpan -Start (Get-Date "01/01/1970") -End (Get-Date)).TotalSeconds