Move files with specific date using Powershell Get-ChildItem - powershell

Question

Need some help with a powershell script.
I need to move files by a specific last modified date with similar names.
Here is the script I tried running and it just hangs...
$SourceFolder = "C:\documents\testing123.txt"
$targetFolder = "D:\documents"
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -Filter E0100* | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -eq ("08/01/2015") | move-item -destination $targetFolder

Answer 1

Since, LastWriteTime is a DateTime the -ge in comparing an exact time. Here is an example that copies using a date range that I believe you desire.
$SourceFolder = "C:\documents\testing123.txt"
$targetFolder = "D:\documents"
$startTime =[DateTime]"08/01/2015"
$endTime = $startTime.AddDays(1)
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -Filter E0100* |
Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -ge $startTime -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt $endTime} |
Move-Item -destination $targetFolder
As others have mentioned, the source folder path seems incorrect.
Here is a robocopy version of the script I tried (date, paths, and filter have been changed)
$SourceFolder = "D:\test"
$targetFolder = "D:\test2"
$startTime =[DateTime]"01/05/2017"
$endTime = $startTime.AddDays(1)
$files = #()
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -Filter * |
Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -ge $startTime -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt $endTime -and $_.Attributes -ne 'Directory'} |
ForEach-Object { $files += $_.Name}
if($files.Count -gt 0)
{
Write-Verbose "running robocopy $SourceFolder $targetFolder $files /mov" -Verbose
robocopy $SourceFolder $targetFolder $files /mov
}

Answer 2

This is a simple two-line PowerShell that will get move your files by date and file type. You can change the Move-Item to Copy-Item if you do not want to move them.
$Now=Get-Date
Get-ChildItem E:\scripts\logs\*.txt | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $Now.AddDays(-7) } | Move-Item -Destination E:\scripts\logs\Archive\7Days