Part of me doesn't care, but part of me is curious. Where does 'date' translate to 'Get-Date'?
If I type 'date' in powershell 2.0 and 3.0, it seems to be an alias for Get-Date:
--begin example--
PS Scripts:\> date
Sunday, June 30, 2013 3:58:42 PM
PS Scripts:\> date /?
Get-Date : Cannot bind parameter 'Date'. Cannot convert value "/?" to type "System.DateTime". Error: "String was not
recognized as a valid DateTime."
At line:1 char:6
--end example--
But it isn't an alias:
--begin--
PS Scripts:\> Get-Alias -Name date
Get-Alias : This command cannot find a matching alias because an alias with the name 'date' does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Alias -Name date
--end--
and it isn't a command:
--begin--
PS Scripts:\> Get-Command -Name date
Get-Command : The term 'date' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
--end--
It works . . . but why? Any ideas?
-------- Ask why.