FDate

FDATE enables you to edit the date and time stamps of files from the command line. It can use the wildcards ? and * so you can specify a large group of files to modify at the same time. With FDATE you do not need to specify the complete date or time. You can easily set the "second" attribute of all the files in c:\somedir to 0 without modifying any other attributes. You can also add to or substract from the present file time - or the present system time, for that matter. The Win32 version of FDATE also fully supports long filenames.

Purpose: Set the date and time stamps of a file or group of files.

Format: FDATE filespec /{D|M|Y|H|I|S|L}:[+|-]value [/C /P /Q /U /N /V]

filespec: The file(s) to operate on. * and ? are allowed.
D,M,Y,H,I,S,L: Day, Month, Year, Hour, mInute, Second, miLlisecond.
value: The numeric value to assign to given attribute.

/C(urrent system date & time)
/P(ause after each full screen)
/Q(uiet screen)
/U(TC format override current system time)
/N(othing)
/V(erbose, print full file pathnames)

For more information and examples, please consult the FDATE.TXT file.

FDATE is Freeware (http://www.iki.fi/oar/fdate/)
FDATE 2.22 (Win32 version) -- (C) 18.08.1999 Olli Rantapuska

FDATE features a Current mode that stamps the files with the current system date and time, Pausing between every screenful of text, UTC time format control and even a Nothing switch for safely learning the effects of different combinations of commands. FDATE is a perfect solution if you want your file's time attribute to reflect the version number. And FDATE works fast: it can modify (measured on a 486DX2/66) 150 files in just below 3 seconds. Try it out -- if you like it, just keep it!

New in version 2.22

/Q(uiet screen) switch restored. I was convinced that it would be useful in some cases.

System recommendations for the Win32 version

80386DX or later CPU
Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT
(not Win32s; it does not support console apps)
200 kB free disk space
MSVCRT.DLL is required

System recommendations for the MS-DOS version

80286 or later CPU (FDATE will not run on an 8086)
MS-DOS v3.30 or higher, or Windows 95
200 kB free disk space
75 kB or more free conventional memory

Additional information

The PGP signature provided with the MS-DOS version of FDATE was made with an older RSA key, so you cannot currently check its validity. To be sure that the program has not been modified, only download it from this page. Current Win32 versions are signed with my new key.

Download the file, extract into a newly created folder, then try FDATE from the command line.