How To Convert Active Directory TimeStamp Property To DateTime

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Have you ever seen the timestamp format like this and wondered how it’s equivalent to the normal DateTime format?

It’s the date/time value stored in Active Directory as the number of 100-nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since the 0 hours on January 1, 1601, until the date/time that is being stored. It’s always in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time, aka. GMT) and is often used in Properties like LastLogonTimeStamp, LastPwdSet, etc. /via Technet/

The formula that can be used in Excel is something like this:

DateTime (UTC) = Timestamp/(8.64*10^11) - 109205

You can also use w32tm command line to do the quick conversion as well.

w32tm /ntte timestamp-value

The time shown in the second half is for local time in PCT.

Now let’s take look how it converts in PowerShell, which is so easy.

To convert a timestamp to DateTime format in UTC.

[DateTime]::FromFileTimeUtc(TimeStamp-value)

Local time, regardless of where you are?

[DateTime]::FromFileTime(TimeStamp-value)

Well, that’s one hour off, comparing to using the W32TM command, blame on the summer time saving.

You can also do the conversion the other way around, getting the timestamp from a specified date/time value. For example, to get the present moment in TimeStamp,

(Get-Date).ToFileTime()

Hope it helps.

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  1. Thank you, a great help! 🙂

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