<# .SYNOPSIS Determines the current date .DESCRIPTION This script determines and speaks the current date by text-to-speech (TTS). .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-date ✔️ It's Sunday, October 17, 2021 .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz · License: CC0 .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> try { [system.threading.thread]::currentthread.currentculture=[system.globalization.cultureinfo]"en-US" $Weekday = (Get-Date -format "dddd") $CurrentDate = (Get-Date).ToShortDateString() $Reply = "It's $Weekday, $CurrentDate" "✔️ $Reply" & "$PSScriptRoot/speak-english.ps1" "$Reply" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0]) ($($MyInvocation.MyCommand.Name):$($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))" exit 1 }