Move files created based on today's date - powershell - powershell

Question

I am trying to create a powershell script that does the following:
Move the latest 3 subfolders(a-b-c with files) into a new folder with today's date without moving older files
Security has 3 subfolders generated today along with subfolders from previous days.
$localpath ="D:\Security\"
Get-ChildItem $localpath -Recurse | foreach {
$DateofFile = $_.LastWriteTime.ToShortDateString()
$Todaysfolder = Get-Date $DateofFile -Format yyyMMdd
$targetpath = $Todaysfolder
Create directory if it doesn't exsist
if (!(Test-Path $targetpath))
{
New-Item $targetpath -type directory
}
Get-ChildItem $localpath | Move-Item -Destination $targetpath
}
Process right now is grabbing all files - even the ones that were not created today and grouping them into one folder. This script will run at the end of the day to move those 3 subfolders (A-B-C) into today's folder "20200520" example

Answer 1

There's no need to recurse Get-ChildItem when moving the entire folder - saves you looping through contained files.
$FromPath ="C:\fromtest"
$ToPath = "C:\totest\"+(Get-Date -Format yyyMMdd)
$FoldersToMove = Get-ChildItem $FromPath |
Where-Object{$_.LastWriteTime -ge (Get-Date).date}
#Create directory if it doesn't exsist
if (!(Test-Path $ToPath)){
New-Item $ToPath -type directory
}
foreach ($Folder in $FoldersToMove){
$Folder | Move-Item -Destination $ToPath
}