PowerTip: Get the Last Boot Time with PowerShell

Summary: Learn how to get the last boot time for your computer.

 How can I find the last boot time for my computer by using Windows PowerShell?

 In Windows PowerShell 3.0, use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet, and select the LastBootUptime property from the Win32_Operatingsystem WMI class:

PS C:\> Get-CimInstance -ClassName win32_operatingsystem | select csname, lastbootuptime

csname                                     lastbootuptime

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 In Windows PowerShell 2.0 and Windows PowerShell 1.0, use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet, and then translate the returned date to a readable format:

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject win32_operatingsystem | select csname, @{LABEL='LastBootUpTime'

;EXPRESSION={$_.ConverttoDateTime($_.lastbootuptime)}}

csname                                     LastBootUpTime

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EDLT                                       3/22/2013 11:27:01 AM