Setting Creation Date of file to a past date?

[matthias_livecode_150811 at m-r-d.de]

Windows unfortunately does not include such a command line tool, but it should be possible to do that with a powershell command which is executed with the Shell() function.

so for example this command here

put shell("powershell (ls c:/users/matthias/test.txt).CreationTime = get-date 2019-12-24-00:00")

would change the creation date of the file c:/users/matthias/test.txt) to the 24th December 2019 at 00:00

If you want to change the last modification time instead of the creation time then use  the parameter LastWriteTime instead of CreationTime

put shell("powershell (ls c:/users/matthias/test.txt).LastWriteTime = get-date 2019-12-24-00:00")

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Matthias Rebbe
Life Is Too Short For Boring Code

> Am 14.03.2021 um 23:28 schrieb Phil Davis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> On Mac or Linux you can use the "touch" shell command - not sure if it's available on Windows. You can download the "Shell Command Help" LC plugin to simplify access to info about it.
> 
> Phil Davis
> 
> 
> On 3/14/21 1:04 PM, Michael Kristensen via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hi there
>> 
>> I want to create/export some images from Livecode to fit into a slideshow that is sorted by creation date.
>> 
>> It means that the files I export shall have a creation date of the past. So that when they are put into the folder of the slideshow, the images are placed automatically at the desired places.
>> 
>> How would you go about to set the creation date of a file to a date in the past with Livecode (maybe with the help of shell or applescript)
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Michael
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