What is wrong with this script?

Hello, I am struggling to find a fix for this script. Can anyone help please? Script's logic: IF day of run is a Monday THEN YYYYMMDD = Friday before -- i.e. 3 days earlier ELSE IF day...

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kevkelly

Jul 18, 2023

Hi ikhan543

The following simple PowerShell script will return a date based on your script logic:

$dayOfWeek = (Get-Date).DayOfWeek

$previousDate = if ($dayOfWeek -eq 'Monday') {
    (Get-Date).AddDays(-3).ToString('yyyyMMdd')
} else {
    (Get-Date).AddDays(-1).ToString('yyyyMMdd')
}

$previousDate

kevkelly

MCT

Jul 18, 2023

Hi ikhan543

The following simple PowerShell script will return a date based on your script logic:

$dayOfWeek = (Get-Date).DayOfWeek

$previousDate = if ($dayOfWeek -eq 'Monday') {
    (Get-Date).AddDays(-3).ToString('yyyyMMdd')
} else {
    (Get-Date).AddDays(-1).ToString('yyyyMMdd')
}

$previousDate

ikhan543
Copper Contributor
Jul 18, 2023
Thank you Kevkelly. Nothing like getting a response from a human 🙂

The script I had was generated by ChatGPT as I don't know Windows scripting and needed a quick solution.

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