.Net framework formating Type for the format operator (-f)

The powershell format operator (-f) let’s you format string using the .NET string object format method. To use this method you have to use a “FormatString” whith a special syntax.

Ex : "{0:yyMMdd}" -f (Get-Date)

You will find bellow somes references in MSDN to various FormatString you can use in your Formating Types :

• Standard Numeric Format Strings 
• Custom Numeric Format Strings
• Standard Date and Time Format Strings
• Custom Date and Time Format Strings
• Standard TimeSpan Format Strings
• Custom TimeSpan Format Strings
• Enumeration Format Strings
• Composite Formatting
• Performing Formatting Operations
• Parsing Strings