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Q1:<br />
I could get the current month with the command<br />
below. &nbsp;How do I get the previous month ie March ?<br />
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PS C:\Users\Art&gt; Get-Date -format MMMM<br />
April<br />
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Q2:<br />
Likewise, how do I get previous &amp;&nbsp;next day's date?<br />
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I'm on Win 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Profsnl : guess<br />
it's the same PowerShell for both
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Q1:
I could get the current month with the command
below.  How do I get the previous month ie March ?

PS C:\Users\Art> Get-Date -format MMMM
April


Q2:
Likewise, how do I get previous & next day's date?

I'm on Win 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Profsnl : guess
it's the same PowerShell for both

PowerShell command / script to get previous month

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