Passing DateTime as a parameter

function, parameter-passing, parameters, powershell, powershell-3.0

Solution

try enclose value in `()`

param (
    [Datetime]$argument = (Get-Date "5/1/2006 7:00 AM")
)

Problem

I've read widely that I can pass in an argument to my powershell script via: ``` param ( [Datetime]$argument ) ``` I've also read that I can define a default value: ``` param ( [Datetime]$argument = Get-Date "5/1/2006 7:00 AM" ) ``` However on doing this I get: At C:\Users\medmondson\Desktop\Scripts\ScrumTimer.ps1:2 char:26 + [Datetime]$argument = Get-Date "5/1/2006 7:00 AM" + ~ Missing expression after '='. At C:\Users\medmondson\Desktop\Scripts\ScrumTimer.ps1:2 char:24 + [Datetime]$argument = Get-Date "5/1/2006 7:00 AM" + ~ Missing ')' in function parameter list. At C:\Users\medmondson\Desktop\Scripts\ScrumTimer.ps1:3 char:1 + ) + ~ Unexpected token ')' in expression or statement. + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingExpressionAfterToken This only appears to occur for `DateTime`, any idea where I'm going wrong?

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