How to manually change the Last Modified Date of a Windows file?

Asked Feb 03 '21 at 23:52

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Windows explorer shows files and their Last Modified date, based on when they were last saved. Is there a way to manually edit that date in File Properties or through Command line, without naturally re-saving the file?

asked Feb 03 '21 at 23:52

user610620

you could use windows-equivalent-of-the-linux-command-touch and precede it with date <your date> and then change the date back. not a nice solution but should work. or you could create a batch file (or powershell) which will take the date and filename as parameters and you save the current date as a variable, change the date to the date parameter, "touch" the filem, reset date from variable saved. – Zina Feb 04 '21 at 00:19
i don't understand the answer there since it doesn't give a concrete example, like changing a file's modified date to dec.31 2012 – user610620 Feb 04 '21 at 02:22
You could read this article How to Change File Date or Timestamp in Window Try the powershell commands. – Seven Feb 04 '21 at 08:52
I did not provide an answer, it was just a comment. and I would go with Seven's link, I always forget about the cool powershell stuff :) – Zina Feb 04 '21 at 10:27

How to manually change the Last Modified Date of a Windows file?

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