How can I get the full month name in PowerShell (i.e. December) from the lastwritetime of a file I just retrieved?

$Dt = (c:\folder\transactionfile.txt).lastwritetime

From $Dt I need to get the month name.

Get-Date $Dt -Format 'MMMM'

or

$Dt.ToString('MMMM')

This is a good article: Formatting Dates and Times

• Proposed as answer by Mike Laughlin 14 hours 34 minutes ago
• Edited by Leif-Arne Helland 14 hours 32 minutes ago

Both of Leif-Arne's examples will get the full month name; however, the way you're setting your $Dt variable doesn't work for me. Is it possible you forgot the Get-ChildItem, or Get-Item, cmdlet? Should it have been $Dt = (Get-ChildItem c:\folder\transactionfile.txt).LastWriteTime?

• Proposed as answer by Mike Laughlin 14 hours 6 minutes ago

Thank you. Saw the article "Formatting Dates and Times" but missed the very last example.

Your right. I had used a Get-Item about 5 lines earlier.

Get-Date $Dt -Format 'MMMM'

or

$Dt.ToString('MMMM')

This is a good article: Formatting Dates and Times

• Proposed as answer by Mike Laughlin Friday, July 31, 2015 4:35 PM
• Edited by Leif-Arne Helland Friday, July 31, 2015 4:37 PM

Both of Leif-Arne's examples will get the full month name; however, the way you're setting your $Dt variable doesn't work for me. Is it possible you forgot the Get-ChildItem, or Get-Item, cmdlet? Should it have been $Dt = (Get-ChildItem c:\folder\transactionfile.txt).LastWriteTime?

• Proposed as answer by Mike Laughlin Friday, July 31, 2015 5:03 PM