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DirDate 4.3
Modify file and folder dates from command line
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Review DirDate is a command line tool that can easily be automated to change files' last modification date, creation date or last access date. It can change dates using either a reference file (where you can 'lift' the date from an existing file), the current date/time or a series of YEAR, MONTH, DAY, HOUR, MIN, SEC and MSEC commands. It can process files in subfolders, handles read-only files and it has a preview mode so that you can see which files will be modified. You can set file date and times right down to the 0.1 microseconds (100 nanosecond increments), or even tweak existing times up and down. Eg 1. Set all file creation dates to Christmas day: dirdate -CREATION date=12/25/2000 time=12:00:00 *.* Eg 2. Add 10 minutes to file modification dates: dirdate -MODIFIED ADD=6000000000 *.* Eg 3. Set folder dates to the date of the oldest file. This is very handy when you copy photos to a new computer. dirdate -r -diroldest c:\My Documents DirDate has a report mode which is used to save the dates from one folder and then apply them to a new folder. This is extremely handy for saving file creation dates from an old computer when you copy photos, documents etc across to a new computer, as the creation date is NEVER preserved by file copying software. Here's how: 1. Start a Command Prompt (e.g. Start Menu\Run..., command) 2. Use the command CD to change to the original folder (e.g. CD "c:\My Documents") 3. Run DirDate in report mode to backup all file creation dates: "c:\Program Files\DataMystic\DirDate\dirdate.exe" -report -r -CREATION *.* > report.bat Note: -r means 'recurse into subfolders' -report means report mode -creation means file creation dates The output is saved to report.bat. 4. Copy report.bat to the destination folder after the files have been copied. 5. Run report.bat by double-clicking it or by typing 'report.bat'. That's it! You can also use -ALL instead of -CREATION to save all date |
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Changelog: Version: 4.3(27 Aug 2008) Now can generate creation date reports as a .BAT file to apply to folders after copying files to a new computer Version: 4.2a(02 Jul 2008) Now allows date=$/$/$ and time=$:$:$ for current values. Change folders to oldest or newest dates. Install now adds DirDate to PATH Version: 4.1.3(16 Jun 2008) Now allows date=$/$/$ and time=$:$:$ for current values Version: 4.1.2(05 May 2008) Now allows + and - on date parts e.g. day=+3 adds 3 to the current day, day=-3 removes 3 days Version: 3.9.1(28 Jan 2008) Now allows Years as early as 1601 for NTFS. Version: 3.8.2(14 May 2007) * Fixed bug in applying folder dates. Implemented -C confirm option Version: 3.8.1(19 Apr 2007) - dirdate.exe Fixed ADD= and SUBTRACT= options Version: 3.8(19 Feb 2007) Can now change the dates on folder/directory entries themselves, as well as all files, and read-only files Version: 3.7(14 Aug 2006) Can now take Modified Date, Create Date and Last Access Date from a reference file Version: 3.5 Tags: Utility | Utilities | Dirdate | Date | Directories |
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(dirdate.exe - 0.61 MB)
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