Let’s assume you received data like numbers or date as text. Whenever information is reduced to text, you are challenged with culture-specific formats: decimal point as well as date and time formats may differ between cultures.
Here is a simple approach how you can parse data provided you know the culture where it came from:
# number in German format $info = '1,2' # convert to real value $culture = New-Object -TypeName CultureInfo("de") $number = [Double]::Parse($info,$culture)
Each target type has a Parse() method, so if you receive a date and/or time information, you can convert it just as easily. This example takes date and time formatted to French standards, and returns it as a true DateTime object:
# date and time in French format: $info = '01/11/2017 16:28:45' # convert to real value $culture = New-Object -TypeName CultureInfo("fr") $date = [DateTime]::Parse($info,$culture) $date
