ConvertFrom Duration

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external help file: ModernConveniences-help.xml Module Name: ModernConveniences online version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations schema: 2.0.0

ConvertFrom-Duration

SYNOPSIS

Parses a Timespan from a ISO8601 duration string.

SYNTAX

ConvertFrom-Duration [[-InputObject] <String[]>] [-NoWarnings] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

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EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

"$(ConvertFrom-Duration P1D)"

1.00:00:00

EXAMPLE 2

"$(ConvertFrom-Duration P3Y6M4DT12H30M5S)"

WARNING: Adding year(s) as a mean number of days (365.2425). WARNING: Adding month(s) as a mean number of days (30.436875). 1283.12:30:05

PARAMETERS

-InputObject

An ISO8601 duration string in one of four formats:

• PnYnMnDTnHnMnS
• PnW
• Pyyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss
• PyyyyMMddTHHmmss

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-NoWarnings

Supresses warnings about approximate conversions.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: Quiet

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

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Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

System.String containing an ISO8601 duration.

OUTPUTS

System.Timespan containing the duration, as parsed and converted to a Timespan.

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations

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