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| function Get-Timestamp | |
| { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Provide visual feedback when running a script interactively | |
| .LINK | |
| https://gist.github.com/dancing-groot/70012d7a56684e5f94f0ce5d7d3320e2 | |
| .NOTES | |
| Version: 2025.10.07 | |
| Author: @dancing-groot | |
| #> | |
| [cmdletbinding()] | |
| param ( | |
| [string]$Format = 'yyyy.MM.dd HH:mm:ss', | |
| [switch]$DateTime | |
| ) | |
| if ($DateTime) | |
| { | |
| $timeStamp = Get-Date | |
| [pscustomobject]@{"DateTime"=$timeStamp; "String"=$timeStamp.ToString($Format)} | |
| } | |
| else | |
| { | |
| (Get-Date).ToString($Format) | |
| } | |
| } # Get-Timestamp | |
| $ScriptStartTime = Get-Timestamp -DateTime | |
| Write-Host "$($ScriptStartTime.String) Starting Script" | |
| Start-Sleep -Seconds 3 | |
| Write-Host "$(Get-Timestamp) Keep going ..." | |
| Start-Sleep -Seconds 3 | |
| $ScriptEndTime = Get-Timestamp -DateTime | |
| Write-Host "$($ScriptStartTime.String) Finishing Script" | |
| $ScriptTime = $ScriptEndTime.DateTime - $ScriptStartTime.DateTime | |
| Write-Host "Time to complete: $($ScriptTime.Minutes) Minutes $($ScriptTime.Seconds) Seconds" |
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