Here's a challenge question, I'm sure this can be done, the syntax is eluding me though.

I'm trying to grab the latest event log for a particular day.

My current syntax is as follows (throws an error on the convert, but you can see what I am trying to do):

$event = get-eventlog -logname $logName -source mpkLogParser -newest 1 | where {$_.TimeWritten -lt ([datetime]::ParseExact($DateTimeStart, "YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", $null))}

Any help would be appreciated,

Mark.

$date = (Get-Date '01/01/2010').Date
Get-EventLog -LogName $logName -Source mpkLogParser | Where-Object {$_.TimeWritten.Date -eq $date } | Select-Object -First 1

Here's a cleaner way using Get-EventLog in PowerShell 2.0:

$date = Get-Date '01/22/2010'
Get-EventLog -LogName $logName -Source mpkLogParser -After $date -Before $date.AddDays(1) -Newest 1

Thanks guys, much better now!