SMLets Beta 3: Unable to set DateTime for DateTime property using SetSCSMObject

Question

Hello,
I need to set dateTime for my custom fields for Incidents. I wanted to use Set-SCSMObject for that. But it doesn't work. For other field types it is working fine.
May be I'm doing something wrong, but I don't see it. It would be great if anybody is able to help.
This is the command I'm trying to run: (I used CreatedDate for my tests)
Get-SCSMObject -Class (Get-SCSMClass System.WorkItem.Incident$) -Filter "ID -eq IR495" | Set-SCSMObje
ct -Property CreatedDate -Value [datetime]"06/08/2011 14:08"
Set-SCSMObject : String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.
At line:1 char:104
+ Get-SCSMObject -Class (Get-SCSMClass System.WorkItem.Incident$) -Filter "ID -eq IR495" | Set-SCSMObject <<<<  -Proper
ty CreatedDate -Value [datetime]"06/08/2011 14:08"
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: ([datetime]06/08/2011 14:08:String) [Set-SCSMObject], FormatException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Could not assign date ,SMLets.SetSMObjectCommand
Thank you
Oliver

Answer 1

Hello,
You must temporary change locale in your script.
In begin of script you must change locale in "En-Us":
$OldCulture = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture
$OldUICulture = [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture
$culture = New-Object System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US")
[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture
[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = $culture
And return locale after script body:
[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture
[System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = $OldUICulture
This has solved my issue.  You have no idea how much this has made my day.
I'm in Australia trying to update/create/close incidents to a canadian server.  Nothing else has worked so far, except this.  The rest of the support/forums on this issue have been crap to say the least.
It would be nice if MS mainlined the SMLets into SCSM and start actually making their product useful