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Get-Uptime SYNOPSIS SYNTAX Timespan (Default) Since DESCRIPTION EXAMPLES Example 1 - Show time since last boot Example 2 - Show the time of the last boot PARAMETERS -Since CommonParameters INPUTS None OUTPUTS System.TimeSpan System.DateTime NOTES RELATED LINKS
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06/27/2019
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Get-Uptime

Get-Uptime

SYNOPSIS

Get the TimeSpan since last boot.

SYNTAX

Timespan (Default)

Get-Uptime [<CommonParameters>]

Since

Get-Uptime [-Since] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet returns the time elapsed since the last boot of the operating system.

The Get-Uptime cmdlet was introduced in PowerShell 6.0.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 - Show time since last boot

Get-Uptime
Days              : 9
Hours             : 0
Minutes           : 9
Seconds           : 45
Milliseconds      : 0
Ticks             : 7781850000000
TotalDays         : 9.00677083333333
TotalHours        : 216.1625
TotalMinutes      : 12969.75
TotalSeconds      : 778185
TotalMilliseconds : 778185000

Example 2 - Show the time of the last boot

Get-Uptime -Since
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2:34:56 PM

PARAMETERS

-Since

Cause the cmdlet to return a DateTime object representing the last time that the operating system was booted.

Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: Since
Aliases:

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

None

OUTPUTS

System.TimeSpan

This is the default return type when no parameters are used.

System.DateTime

This type is returned when using the Since parameter.

[!NOTE] If Windows fast startup is enabled, Windows does not update the value stored in LastBootUpTime. To disable fast startup, run the following command: Powercfg -h off.

For more information about Windows fast startup, see Distinguishing Fast Startup from Wake-from-Hibernation.

NOTES

On Windows, the value returned is the same as the LastBootUpTime property of the Win32_OperatingSystem class in WMI.

RELATED LINKS

Win32_OperatingSystem