compare line to string variable in powershell

Question

I have txt file with date value, line by line

I try to compare them to today date in powershell but its not working

$DateTimeNow = (Get-Date).ToString('dd/MM/yyyy')
$data2 = get-content "output.txt"
$z= @()
foreach($line2 in $data2)
{

  if($line2 -match $DateTimeNow){
       write-host "same date"
    }

}

the compare with "match" not work, I have try -eq and = but nothing better. Have you any idea what I am doing wrong ?

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– Lee_Dailey, Commented Aug 31, 2020 at 17:14

Mathias R. Jessen · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-31 16:39:16Z

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The input dates all use 2-digit notation for the year (20 for 2020), but your string representing today's date uses 4-digits. Change to the appropriate format and it will work:

$DateTimeNow = Get-Date -Format 'dd/MM/yy'

answered Aug 31, 2020 at 16:39

Mathias R. Jessen

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Mathias R. Jessen Over a year ago

@guillaumezac it took me a few takes to spot it too ^_^

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