format date with ToString in powershell

Question

$var1 = '06/10/2015 2:00 AM'
$var2 = ([DateTime]($var1)).addMinutes(15).ToString('mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm')
$var2

Current output - 15/10/2015 02:15

but I want - 06/10/2015 02:15

Answer 1

Use 'MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm'. Note the uppercase 'M' for months. Lowercase 'm' is for minutes. These are the .NET custom time format strings documented here.