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Below is the singe line command I am trying to run from command prompt.

powershell -command "Get-Date (Get-WmiObject -Class win32_reliabilityRecords -filter \"sourcename = 'Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient'\" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | select @{LABEL = 'date';EXPRESSION = {$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.timegenerated)}} | select -first 01).date -format yyyyMMdd | Out-File -FilePath C:\temp\winupdatelatest.txt"

Error : Get-Date : Cannot bind parameter 'Date' to the target. Exception setting "Date": "Cannot convert null to type "System.DateTime"." At line:1 char:10

  • Get-Date (Get-WmiObject -Class win32_reliabilityRecords -filter "sour ...
  •  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    • CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Get-Date], ParameterBindingException
    • FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterBindingFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetDateCommand

Thank for your help

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    So what is the error? Commented Aug 8, 2021 at 15:10

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This is your command, where each line is a new parameter:

powershell -command "Get-Date (Get-WmiObject -Class win32_reliabilityRecords -filter "sourcename = 'Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient'" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |select @{LABEL = 'date';EXPRESSION = {$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.timegenerated)}} | select -first 01).date -format yyyyMMdd | Out-File -FilePath C:\temp\datelatest.txt"

Basically, your problem is that because you use " ... " ... " ... " some part of the command is seen as a parameter and other part is not.

The easiest solution by far is to put everything inside a .ps1 file and just use:

powershell -file myfile.ps1 -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

But if you really have to use this command, then use """ as substiture for one ". Your command would become:

powershell -command "Get-Date (Get-WmiObject -Class win32_reliabilityRecords -filter """sourcename = 'Microsoft-Windows-WindowsUpdateClient'""" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |select @{LABEL = 'date';EXPRESSION = {$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.timegenerated)}} |select -first 01).date -format yyyyMMdd | Out-File -FilePath C:\temp\datelatest.txt"
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  • Thanks, i try above but i am getting below error The string is missing the terminator: ". + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString Commented Aug 8, 2021 at 15:34
  • Corrected my answer. Commented Aug 8, 2021 at 19:33

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