create a file name using time in Powershell

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I'm pretty new to Powershell and would like to output the result of a command to a file which has a timestamp. Currently I could get the date but I can't get the time. Here is what I have:

mstest /testcontainer:"C:\CodedUITests\CodedUISP.dll" /resultsfile:"C:\CodedUITests\TestResults\result $(get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd)$.trx"

How can I get the time as well?

What have you tried for the time? As you've already worked out, get-date accepts .NET formatting strings, and you have the date - adding time is just an extension of that. — alroc
– alroc, Commented Dec 3, 2015 at 21:44

xXhRQ8sD2L7Z · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-03 21:54:50Z

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After a quick google search I found this reference:

Get-Date -f yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss

answered Dec 3, 2015 at 21:54

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Nick H. · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-03 22:01:43Z

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I'm doing almost the same thing! Here's my code:

        $outputFile = "$tempLocation\work\$($solutionName)_$((Get-Date -Format s).ToString().Replace('-','').Replace(':','')).trx"

        Write-Verbose "$($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name): Running MSTest.exe..." 
        Invoke-ExternalCommand MSTest.exe @(
            "/testcontainer:$testContainer",
            "/resultsfile:$outputFile")

```

Invoke-ExternalCommand is just an abstracted function that calls the mstest command. Doing this allows me to mock the call making Pester testing easier.

This is what the trc file is named: SolutionName_20151015T113206.trx

answered Dec 3, 2015 at 22:01

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