How to format a DateTime in PowerShell

I can format the Get-Date cmdlet no problem like this:

$date = Get-Date -format "yyyyMMdd"

But once I’ve got a date in a variable, how do I format it? The statement below

$dateStr = $date -format "yyyMMdd"

returns this error:

“You must provide a value expression
on the right-hand side of the ‘-f’
operator”

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