Vista - Convert a string to date/time format

I've looked at various threads and tried various suggestions

I have a string:

$str = "Apr 23 14:16"
I would like to convert this into a date time format variable so I can
perform a get-date and compare the two

i.e. if string is -gt 3minutes older than get-date then do something

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Many Thanks
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you can use ParseExact static method for DateTime:

$str = "Apr 23 14:16"
[datetime]::ParseExact($str, "MMM dd HH:mm", $null)
MMM - month in string format
dd - day
HH - time in 24h format (hh - in 12h format with AM/PM appendix)
mm - minutes.

enjoy!
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mm, I forget second part of your task.
$str = "Apr 23 14:16"
if ((Get-date).AddMinutes(-3) -gt ([datetime]::ParseExact($str, "MMM dd
HH:mm", $null))) {"do something"}

have a nice day!
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