Hey everyone! I'm working with a date string formatted as "Sep0107" and using PowerShell to parse it. My goal is to extract the short name of the day (like 'Mon', 'Tue', etc.) from this string. I have some code set up where I break it down into a formatted date string, but I'm struggling to retrieve just the short day name. Every attempt I've made to format it correctly has led me nowhere. Any help or pointers on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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You should also consider using `[DateTime]::ParseExact($filename, "MMMddyy", $null).ToString("ddd")`. It'll parse your string properly and give you the day abbreviation without the need for substring manipulation.
Instead of splitting the string, try this: `Get-Date -UFormat %a`. It gives you the abbreviated day of the week directly.
For even cleaner code, use `Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd"` for formatting, and if you're dealing with dates, avoid using `Substring` as it complicates things unnecessarily.
By the way, you can also retrieve the short day directly from the current date with `(Get-Date).ToString("ddd")`, but in your case, the parse method is best!
You can simply use `(Get-Date $DaDate -Format "ddd")` to get the short day name. The 'ddd' format is meant for that exact purpose!
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