Get-FileMetaData.psm1

# based on https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Get-FileMetaData-3a7ddea7

function Get-FileMetaData 
{ 
    <# 
    .SYNOPSIS 
        Get-FileMetaData returns metadata information about a single file. 
 
    .DESCRIPTION 
        This function will return all metadata information about a specific file. It can be used to access the information stored in the filesystem. 
    
    .EXAMPLE 
        Get-FileMetaData -File "c:\temp\image.jpg" 
 
        Get information about an image file. 
 
    .EXAMPLE 
        Get-FileMetaData -File "c:\temp\image.jpg" | Select Dimensions 
 
        Show the dimensions of the image. 
 
    .EXAMPLE 
        Get-ChildItem -Path .\ -Filter *.exe | foreach {Get-FileMetaData -File $_.Name | Select Name,"File version"} 
 
        Show the file version of all binary files in the current folder. 
    #> 
 
    param([Parameter(Mandatory=$True)][string]$File = $(throw "Parameter -File is required.")) 
 
    if(!(Test-Path -Path $File)) 
    { 
        throw "File does not exist: $File" 
        Exit 1 
    } 
 
    $tmp = Get-ChildItem $File 
    $pathname = $tmp.DirectoryName 
    $filename = $tmp.Name 
 
    $hash = @{}
    try{
        $shellobj = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application 
        $folderobj = $shellobj.namespace($pathname) 
        $fileobj = $folderobj.parsename($filename) 
        
        for($i=0; $i -le 294; $i++) 
        { 
            $name = $folderobj.getDetailsOf($null, $i);
            if($name){
                $value = $folderobj.getDetailsOf($fileobj, $i);
                if($value){
                    $hash[$($name)] = $($value)
                }
            }
        } 
    }finally{
        if($shellobj){
            [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject([System.__ComObject]$shellobj) | out-null
        }
    }

    return New-Object PSObject -Property $hash
} 

Export-ModuleMember -Function Get-FileMetadata

Is there any way to make attribute names in PSCustomObject immutable (I mean universal despite different local culture and language settings on the host)?

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I had a bit of a nightmare with the date parsing for the "Date Taken" due to hidden Unicode values.

Can see the Unicode in VS Code:

So, I wrote a complimentary Parse-Date function :

function Parse-Date {
    param (
        [string]$DateString
    )

    # Clean up the date string by removing any invisible characters
    $DateString = $DateString.Trim() -replace [char]8206, "" -replace [char]8207, ""

    # Output the cleaned date string for debugging
    Write-Host "Cleaned date string: '$DateString'"

    # Regular expression pattern to match the date format
    $regexPattern = '^(?<day>\d{2})/(?<month>\d{2})/(?<year>\d{4}) (?<hour>\d{2}):(?<minute>\d{2})$'

    if ($DateString -match $regexPattern) {
        $day = $matches['day']
        $month = $matches['month']
        $year = $matches['year']
        $hour = $matches['hour']
        $minute = $matches['minute']

        # Construct the DateTime object
        $parsedDate = Get-Date -Year $year -Month $month -Day $day -Hour $hour -Minute $minute
        return $parsedDate
    } else {
        throw "Unable to parse the date string: '$DateString'"
    }
}

Another approach to fixing the malformed DateTime's returned ie "Content created". Replace all non digits and use DateTime.ParseExact Method:

Get-FileMetaData -File 'C:\MyExcelFile.xlsx' | Select-Object -Property Name, @{Name="Content created";Expression={[DateTime]::ParseExact(($_.'Content created' -replace "\D"), "ddMMyyyyHHmm", $null)}}

Is there a way to modifiy the metadata of file?