Issue with Copying files from and too within certain dates in Powershell

Question

I am new to power shell, I am trying to copy files from one location to another between specific dates.

I have an issue with the dates part it seems to be copying all the files regardless of the dates, any idea why?

$StartDate = (Get-date).Addyears(-2)
$EndDate = (Get-date).Adddays(-2)
$src = "C:\Sites\T\Test01" 
$dst = "C:\Customer\" 

Get-ChildItem $src -exclude "Aeromark" -Recurse | Copy-Item -Destination $dst -Force |
Where-Object {($_.LastWriteTime.Date -ge $StartDate.Date) -and ($_.LastWriteTime.Date -le $EndDate.Date)} 

Answer 1

Where-Object needs to go before Copy-Item in your particular case. The Copy-Item command is being called before Where-Object excludes the files based on date.

Here is your code re-arranged:

Get-ChildItem $src -exclude "Aeromark" -Recurse | 
Where-Object {($_.LastWriteTime.Date -ge $StartDate.Date) -and ($_.LastWriteTime.Date -le $EndDate.Date)} | 
Copy-Item -Destination $dst -Force