edit-date-of-file

A PowerShell script that edits the:

• "last modified date"
• "creation date"
• "last access date"

of a file or a folder.

Usage

The following commands should be run with powershell.exe.

Execute Inline Without Cloning

Syntax:

& ([scriptblock]::Create((iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taljacob2/edit-date-of-file/master/edit-date-of-file.ps1 -useb))) -Path <String> [-NewDate (<DateTime>)] [-Recursive | -Rec | -R]

Examples:

• Edit a file with a specific date.

  & ([scriptblock]::Create((iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taljacob2/edit-date-of-file/master/edit-date-of-file.ps1 -useb))) -Path demo.txt -NewDate (Get-Date('2020-12-31T23:54:43'))

• Edit a folder with the current date.

  & ([scriptblock]::Create((iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taljacob2/edit-date-of-file/master/edit-date-of-file.ps1 -useb))) -Path C:\Users\demo

• Edit a folder and all of its content, with a specific date.

  & ([scriptblock]::Create((iwr https://raw.githubusercontent.com/taljacob2/edit-date-of-file/master/edit-date-of-file.ps1 -useb))) -Path C:\Users\demo -NewDate (Get-Date('2020-12-31T23:54:43')) -R

Execute Offline

Clone The Project

git clone https://github.com/taljacob2/edit-date-of-file

Run

.\edit-date-of-file.ps1 -Path <String> [-NewDate (<DateTime>)] [-Recursive | -Rec | -R]

In case you encouter an error, try running with:

powershell.exe -NoLogo -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command ".\edit-date-of-file.ps1 -Path <String> [-NewDate (<DateTime>)] [-Recursive | -Rec | -R]"

Help

To view the full documentation of the script, run:

Get-Help .\edit-date-of-file.ps1 -Full