^{Note: Also affects other common parameters: see #3773}

Steps to reproduce

$null = Get-Date -OutVariable ov; $ov.GetType().FullName

Expected behavior

Type name System.DateTime

Actual behavior

Type name System.Collections.ArrayList

That is, the single-object output stored in the variable targeted with -OutVariable received an array list rather than a scalar (the single-element collection wasn't unwrapped).

Also, it is type [System.Collections.ArrayList] that is always used, in contrast with the [System.Object[]] instances you get with regular assignments.

See also: http://stackoverflow.com/a/40666568/45375

Environment data

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