Unable to parse time for NotBefore (on Linux)

[dmascord]

Hi,

I have installed your module, and have attempted to generate a PFX for Azure AD, but it returned an error as per below:

Cheers,

Damien

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PS /home/tusker/dev> $password = ConvertTo-SecureString -Force -AsPlainText 'tusker'
PS /home/tusker/dev> $distinguishedName = @{
>> CommonName = 'tusker.onmicrosoft.com'
>> Country = 'AU'
>> StateOrProvince = 'NSW'
>> Locality = 'Sydney'
>> Organization = 'Tusker Technologies Pty Ltd'
>> OrganizationalUnit = 'PSE'
>> EmailAddress = 'tusker@tusker.org'
>> }
PS /home/tusker/dev> $certificateParameters = $distinguishedName + @{
>>     OutCertPath = '/home/tusker/dev/tusker.pfx'
>> StartDate = [System.DateTimeOffset]::Now
>> Duration = [timespan]::FromDays(365)
>> Passphrase = $password
>> CertificateFormat = 'Pfx'
>> KeyLength = 4096
>> ForCertificateAuthority = $true
>> KeyUsage = 'DigitalSignature','KeyEncipherment'
>> EnhancedKeyUsage = 'ServerAuthentication','ClientAuthentication'
>> }
PS /home/tusker/dev> New-SelfSignedCertificate @certificateParameters -Force
New-SelfSignedCertificate : Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'NotBefore'. Cannot convert the "7/5/19 7:13:14 PM +10:00" value of type "System.DateTimeOffset" to type "System.DateTime".
At line:1 char:27
+ New-SelfSignedCertificate @certificateParameters -Force
+                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [New-SelfSignedCertificate], ParameterBindingArgumentTransformationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,New-SelfSignedCertificate

[rjmholt]

Looks like this is a result of https://github.com/rjmholt/SelfSignedCertificate/pull/2. I imagine it requires converting using $datetime.UtcDateTime.

[rjmholt]

Just got a chance to look into this, but I'm having trouble reproducing the issue. Could you provide the full stack trace of the error?

[rjmholt]

Should be visible with $error[0] | fl * -force

[broo0ose]

Hi,

I got the same error on a Raspberry Pi running Powershell.core running Linux,

Thanks

Exception             : System.Management.Automation.ParameterBindingArgumentTransformationException: Cannot process argument transformation on parameter 'NotBefore'. Cannot convert the "08/05/2020 13:56:00 +01:00" value of type "System.DateTimeOffset" to type "System.DateTime".
                         ---> System.Management.Automation.ArgumentTransformationMetadataException: Cannot convert the "08/05/2020 13:56:00 +01:00" value of type "System.DateTimeOffset" to type "System.DateTime".
                         ---> System.Management.Automation.PSInvalidCastException: Cannot convert the "08/05/2020 13:56:00 +01:00" value of type "System.DateTimeOffset" to type "System.DateTime".
                           at System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives.ThrowInvalidCastException(Object valueToConvert, Type resultType) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/LanguagePrimitives.cs:line 4851
                           at System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives.ConvertNoConversion(Object valueToConvert, Type resultType, Boolean recurse, PSObject originalValueToConvert, IFormatProvider formatProvider, TypeTable backupTable) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/LanguagePrimitives.cs:line 4245
                           at System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives.ConversionData`1.Invoke(Object valueToConvert, Type resultType, Boolean recurse, PSObject originalValueToConvert, IFormatProvider formatProvider, TypeTable backupTable) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/LanguagePrimitives.cs:line 4337
                           at System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives.ConvertTo(Object valueToConvert, Type resultType, Boolean recursion, IFormatProvider formatProvider, TypeTable backupTypeTable) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/LanguagePrimitives.cs:line 4790
                           at System.Management.Automation.LanguagePrimitives.ConvertTo(Object valueToConvert, Type resultType, IFormatProvider formatProvider) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/LanguagePrimitives.cs:line 1746
                           at System.Management.Automation.ArgumentTypeConverterAttribute.Transform(EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, Object inputData, Boolean bindingParameters, Boolean bindingScriptCmdlet) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/ArgumentTypeConverterAttribute.cs:line 142
                           --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
                           at System.Management.Automation.ArgumentTypeConverterAttribute.Transform(EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, Object inputData, Boolean bindingParameters, Boolean bindingScriptCmdlet) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/ArgumentTypeConverterAttribute.cs:line 165
                           at System.Management.Automation.ParameterBinderBase.BindParameter(CommandParameterInternal parameter, CompiledCommandParameter parameterMetadata, ParameterBindingFlags flags) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/ParameterBinderBase.cs:line 399
                           --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
                           at System.Management.Automation.ParameterBinderBase.BindParameter(CommandParameterInternal parameter, CompiledCommandParameter parameterMetadata, ParameterBindingFlags flags) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/ParameterBinderBase.cs:line 446
                           at System.Management.Automation.CmdletParameterBinderController.BindParameter(CommandParameterInternal argument, MergedCompiledCommandParameter parameter, ParameterBindingFlags flags) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CmdletParameterBinderController.cs:line 1449
                           at System.Management.Automation.CmdletParameterBinderController.BindParameter(UInt32 parameterSets, CommandParameterInternal argument, MergedCompiledCommandParameter parameter, ParameterBindingFlags flags) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CmdletParameterBinderController.cs:line 1390
                           at System.Management.Automation.CmdletParameterBinderController.BindParameters(UInt32 parameterSets, Collection`1 arguments) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CmdletParameterBinderController.cs:line 1168
                           at System.Management.Automation.CmdletParameterBinderController.BindCommandLineParametersNoValidation(Collection`1 arguments) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CmdletParameterBinderController.cs:line 235
                           at System.Management.Automation.CmdletParameterBinderController.BindCommandLineParameters(Collection`1 arguments) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CmdletParameterBinderController.cs:line 108
                           at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.BindCommandLineParameters() in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommandProcessor.cs:line 178
                           at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.Prepare(IDictionary psDefaultParameterValues) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommandProcessor.cs:line 238
                           at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessorBase.DoPrepare(IDictionary psDefaultParameterValues) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommandProcessorBase.cs:line 440
                           at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.Start(Boolean incomingStream) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/pipeline.cs:line 1050
                           at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(Object input) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/pipeline.cs:line 498
                        --- End of stack trace from previous location ---
                           at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(Object input) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/pipeline.cs:line 584
                           at System.Management.Automation.PipelineOps.InvokePipeline(Object input, Boolean ignoreInput, CommandParameterInternal[][] pipeElements, CommandBaseAst[] pipeElementAsts, CommandRedirection[][] commandRedirections, FunctionContext funcContext) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs:line 493
                           at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.ActionCallInstruction`6.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/interpreter/CallInstruction.Generated.cs:line 608
                           at System.Management.Automation.Interpreter.EnterTryCatchFinallyInstruction.Run(InterpretedFrame frame) in /PowerShell/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/interpreter/ControlFlowInstructions.cs:line 357
TargetObject          : 
CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [New-SelfSignedCertificate], ParameterBindingArgumentTransformationException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,New-SelfSignedCertificate
ErrorDetails          : 
InvocationInfo        : System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo : {}

[rjmholt]

@broo0ose could you share the original command invocation as well?