The object-orientedness of PowerShell and what you see may not be what you get

PS ewu\My Documents\GitHub\PowerShell> get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate

LastLogonDate
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1/1/2016 6:22:01 PM

PS ewu\My Documents\GitHub\PowerShell> get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate | gm

TypeName: Selected.Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADUser

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PS ewu\My Documents\GitHub\PowerShell> (get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate).LastLogonDate

Friday, January 01, 2016 6:22:01 PM

PS ewu\My Documents\GitHub\PowerShell> (get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate).LastLogonDate | gm

TypeName: System.DateTime

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PS ewu> (get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate).LastLogonDate

Friday, January 01, 2016 6:22:01 PM

PS ewu> ((get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate).LastLogonDate | Out-String) -like “*Jan*2016*”
True

PS ewu> (get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate | out-string)

LastLogonDate
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1/1/2016 6:22:01 PM

PS ewu> (get-aduser ewu -Properties LastLogonDate | Select LastLogonDate | out-string) -like “*1*2016”
False