Getting Computer Uptime Using PowerShell

Get-Uptime.ps1

#requires -version 2

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Outputs the last bootup time and uptime for one or more computers.

.DESCRIPTION
Outputs the last bootup time and uptime for one or more computers.

.PARAMETER ComputerName
One or more computer names. The default is the current computer. Wildcards are not supported.

.PARAMETER Credential
Specifies credentials that have permission to connect to the remote computer. This parameter is ignored for the current computer.

.OUTPUTS
PSObjects containing the computer name, the last bootup time, and the uptime.
#>

[CmdletBinding()]
param(
  [parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true)]
    $ComputerName,
  [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
    $Credential
)

begin {
  function Out-Object {
    param(
      [System.Collections.Hashtable[]] $hashData
    )
    $order = @()
    $result = @{}
    $hashData | ForEach-Object {
      $order += ($_.Keys -as [Array])[0]
      $result += $_
    }
    New-Object PSObject -Property $result | Select-Object $order
  }

  function Format-TimeSpan {
    process {
      "{0:00} d {1:00} h {2:00} m {3:00} s" -f $_.Days,$_.Hours,$_.Minutes,$_.Seconds
    }
  }

  function Get-Uptime {
    param(
      $computerName,
      $credential
    )
    # In case pipeline input contains ComputerName property
    if ( $computerName.ComputerName ) {
      $computerName = $computerName.ComputerName
    }
    if ( (-not $computerName) -or ($computerName -eq ".") ) {
      $computerName = [Net.Dns]::GetHostName()
    }
    $params = @{
      "Class" = "Win32_OperatingSystem"
      "ComputerName" = $computerName
      "Namespace" = "root\CIMV2"
    }
    if ( $credential ) {
      # Ignore -Credential for current computer
      if ( $computerName -ne [Net.Dns]::GetHostName() ) {
        $params.Add("Credential", $credential)
      }
    }
    try {
      $wmiOS = Get-WmiObject @params -ErrorAction Stop
    }
    catch {
      Write-Error -Exception (New-Object $_.Exception.GetType().FullName `
        ("Cannot connect to the computer '$computerName' due to the following error: '$($_.Exception.Message)'",
        $_.Exception))
      return
    }
    $lastBootTime = [Management.ManagementDateTimeConverter]::ToDateTime($wmiOS.LastBootUpTime)
    Out-Object `
      @{"ComputerName" = $computerName},
      @{"LastBootTime" = $lastBootTime},
      @{"Uptime"       = (Get-Date) - $lastBootTime | Format-TimeSpan}
  }
}

process {
  if ( $ComputerName ) {
    foreach ( $computerNameItem in $ComputerName ) {
      Get-Uptime $computerNameItem $Credential
    }
  }
  else {
    Get-Uptime "."
  }
}

Thanks for this. I was trying to use this to output to CSV, but I'm not having much luck. Any thoughts? My end goal is to sort my output by highest uptime to see which systems are in need of restarts.

Thanks for this. I was trying to use this to output to CSV, but I'm not having much luck. Any thoughts? My end goal is to sort my output by highest uptime to see which systems are in need of restarts.

Sort using Sort-Object cmdlet.
Get-Uptime.ps1 computer,list,here | Sort-Object Uptime -Descending

If you also need CSV output, use Export-Csv cmdlet.
Get-Uptime.ps1 computer,list,here | Sort-Object Uptime -Descending | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Path "c:\temp\uptimes.csv"