PowerShell: filter files by date

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Before a date time

CreationTime

# list files created before a given date time
dir -file | where { $_.CreationTime -lt "2025-06-15" } | sort CreationTime | Format-Table Name, CreationTime

After a date time

CreationTime

# list files created after a given date time
dir -file | where { $_.CreationTime -gt "2025-06-15" } | sort CreationTime | Format-Table Name, CreationTime

LastWriteTime

# list files, last write date time greater than
dir -file | where { $_.LastWriteTime -gt "2025-06-15" } | sort LastWriteTime | Format-Table Name, LastWriteTime

LastAccessTime

# list files, LastAccessTime date time greater than
dir -file | where { $_.LastAccessTime -gt "2025-06-15" } | sort LastAccessTime | Format-Table Name, LastAccessTime

List file by date range

# list file with last write time greater than 24 hours ago

dir -file -Recurse | where { $_.LastWriteTime -gt "2025-06-13T10:00:00" -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt "2025-06-15T10:00:00" }