Vista - ConverttoDateTime Question

I am working on writing a simple script to get the last reboot date of
certain workstations and servers on my network. I am having issues
with the Converttodatetime function. I am doing the following.

$machines = get-qadcomputer -searchroot 'Name of OU Here' | for each
{$_.name}
{
$wmi = gwmi -class Win32_operatingSystem -Computername $machines
$reboottime = converttodatetime ($wmi.lastbootuptime)
}

when I run this it tells me that "the term converttodatetime is not
recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program or script file.
Verify the term and try again.

I have searched the archives here and the blogs out there and all the
examples that I have seen do the same type of thing. I have also taken
out the first line and hardcoded a machine name in place of $machines
to make sure that wasn't the problem.

What am I missing?

TIA.

I apparently have tried everything, BUT what you just recommended as
it obviously worked.

Thanks Shay.


On May 27, 5:45 pm, Shay Levi <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Very nice. I don't totally understand all of your select statement
right now but my Powershell TFM book should be here in a day or two so
I am starting my library and learning! None of the bookstores around
me seem to carry anything that I want! (

I was close in what I had in that I was just outputting $machines,
$reboottime


On May 27, 5:58 pm, Shay Levi <n...@xxxxxx> wrote:

convertToDateTime is a method of the $wmi object, you need to prepend $wmi:

$wmi.converttodatetime($wmi.lastbootuptime)


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You're welcome

BTW, you can generate a table of computerName (CSName) and last reboot time
for all machines like so:

$machines = get-qadcomputer -searchroot 'Name of OU Here' | foreach {$_.name}
gwmi -class Win32_operatingSystem -computerName $machines | select CSName,
@{n="LastBootUptime";e={ $_.converttodatetime($_.lastbootuptime)}}




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Shay Levi
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You can get more info on 'Calculated Properties' here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...pstip0425.mspx

Sapien's Powershell TFM is a great book! You can find more info on this topic
in Chapter 6
'Cmdlets to Group, Sort, Format, Export, and More'


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Shay Levi
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http://scriptolog.blogspot.com

Now I understand the SELECT statement you used! Thanks again Shay. I
appreciate your helpfulness and pointers to the correct info!

Tim


On May 28, 3:31*am, Shay Levi <n...@xxxxxx> wrote: