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Get-Uptime

Get the TimeSpan since last boot.

Syntax

Timespan (Default) 

Get-Uptime
 [<CommonParameters>]

Since 

Get-Uptime
 [-Since]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Description

This cmdlet returns the time elapsed since the last boot of the operating system.

The Get-Uptime cmdlet was introduced in PowerShell 6.0.

Examples

Example 1 - Show time since last boot

Get-Uptime

Days : 9
Hours : 0
Minutes : 9
Seconds : 45
Milliseconds : 0
Ticks : 7781850000000
TotalDays : 9.00677083333333
TotalHours : 216.1625
TotalMinutes : 12969.75
TotalSeconds : 778185
TotalMilliseconds : 778185000

Example 2 - Show the time of the last boot

Get-Uptime -Since

Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2:34:56 PM

Parameters

-Since

Cause the cmdlet to return a DateTime object representing the last time that the operating system was booted.

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

None

You can't pipe objects to this cmdlet.

Outputs

TimeSpan

By default, this cmdlet returns a TimeSpan object representing the elapsed time.

DateTime

When you use the Since parameter, this cmdlet returns a DateTime object representing the last boot time.

Notes

This command uses a high resolution timer to calculate the uptime. This time record the number of ticks since the system started. As a result, the reported uptime may differ slightly from other methods of calculating system uptime, such as the LastBootUpTime property of the Win32_OperatingSystem class in WMI.

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