Powershell - Easier way to get short date for filename

Question

More out of curiosity as its working fine for me (I'm just beginning with Powershell) but I'm using below to obtain a short date for use in file names: ``` $shortdate = (get-date).toshortdatestring().replace("/",".") ``` Is there a built in functionality for this or is this the correct way to accomplish this?

Accepted Answer

You can use the `-Format` argument of `get-date`:

```
get-date -format "MM.dd.yyyy"
11.20.2012
```

Powershell - Easier way to get short date for filename

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