Set File Date & Time

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Specify files and folders for automatically changing their date and time. File and folder creation, modification, and last accessed dates are supported.

File	Details
File	Use a file and folder name, mask, or the Variable Wizard to specify files and folders whose date and time will be changed to the selected values upon executing the Action · Learn file masks and wildcards
Set date with	Choose a simple or advanced date input. Simple method · Provides a built-in calendar for date and time input. Advanced method · Allows for using dynamic Variable Wizard values or manually inputting the date and time as a dash-separated date and time value. The dashed format specifies year-month-date-hour-minutes-seconds as dash-separated values, for example: 2020-11-27-17-45-00 Full format (with milliseconds, microseconds and nanoseconds): YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-mmmnnnN
Creation date	The creation date indicates the original file creation date. Mark the checkbox to provide a new creation date that will be applied to the specified files.
Modification date	The modification date indicates the date and time of the file's last modification. Mark the checkbox to provide a new modification date that will be applied to the specified files.
Last accessed date	The accessed date indicates the date and time of the last read or write access to the file. Mark the checkbox to provide a new accessed date that will be applied to the specified files.
Browse	Use Browse to select a particular file or folder on local disk, network share on LAN (local area network), etc.
Variable Wizard	Use dynamic data input—substitute a parameter from a file, web, connected Trigger, other Actions, date and time presets, etc.

Interconnect

• Set File Date & Time integration and auditing—Variables (dynamic data) and Events (recorded activity). Access the most recent file with modified timestamps, and in cases where timestamps were changed on multiple files, access variables that include a list of these files and the count of files in the list. Additionally, events detailing successfully modified files or failures in modification are recorded.

Contents & metadata…

Automation Workshop provides a wide range of Actions to access and modify file contents, properties, and metadata.

• Read from File · Overview · Variables
• Write to File · Overview · Variables
• Compute File Checksum · Overview · Variables
• Get File Date & Time · Overview · Variables
• Set File Attributes · Overview · Variables
• Get File Information · Overview · Variables
• Remote File Information · Overview · Variables

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