Hi,

Is there a way to change the type of the input from a read-host command from a system.string to a system.datetime type?

I have created a script to query AD for users created between 2 dates but the problem is (I think) that powershell is comparing the input type to a property that is is a different type.

my script is below:

#This script will list new accounts created between 2 days and then count them.

$start = (read-host "First date dd/mm/yyyy hh/mm/ss?")
$finish = (read-host "Last date dd/mm/yyyy hh/mm/ss?")
Write-host "This script will display all accounts created between $start and $finish. Please wait a few minutes" -fore yellow

$TotalAccountsCreated = Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 | Where {$_.whencreated -lt $start} | where {$_.whencreated -ge $finish} | select Name,Company
$TotalAccountsCreated

Write-host "There have been" $totalaccountscreated.count " created between $start and $finish" -fore red

Regards

Lee

[datetime]$foo = Read-Host "Enter a date"

Of course. I should have known that one.

Thanks for your help.

Your command can be more efficient using one where-object call only

... | Where { ($_.whencreated -lt $star) -AND ($_.whencreated -ge $finish) }