How to Change File and Folder Date & Time Attributes Via the Command Line

If you need to change the date created, modified or accessed attribute of a file or folder, you can do so using PowerShell with some simple commands. You can even change the date and time attributes for all files within a folder with one command.

Here are the notes from the video.

DATE CREATED
(Get-Item "PathToItem").CreationTime=("15 January 2022 10:00:00")

SAMPLE

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DATE MODIFIED
(Get-Item "PathToItem").LastWriteTime=("16 January 2022 11:00:00")

SAMPLE

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DATE ACCESSED
(Get-Item "PathToItem").LastAccessTime=("17 January 2022 12:00:00")

SAMPLE

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If date accessed is not changing then run
fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 0

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CHANGE ATTRIBUTES FOR ALL FILES IN A FOLDER
Get-ChildItem -force PathToItem * | ForEach-Object{$_.CreationTime = ("15 January 2022 10:00:00")}
Get-ChildItem -force PathToItem * | ForEach-Object{$_.LastWriteTime = ("15 January 2022 10:00:00")}
Get-ChildItem -force PathToItem * | ForEach-Object{$_.LastAccessTime = ("15 January 2022 10:00:00")}

SAMPLE
Get-ChildItem -force C:\demo\Folder1 * | ForEach-Object{$_.CreationTime = ("15 January 2022 10:00:00")}

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[Wonky]

It would be difficult to overstate how much I appreciated this!

[s.franco]

This worked perfectly, thank you so much. I organize my folders chronologically and need them to have the same creation date.

[kenopiana]

Everything is Working man, thank you ❤

[koneser]

can you change the date of creation of a folder itself?

[sanismpe]

Thanks. It is very helpful. currently I was able to make changes in first level only in the folder case. Attributes of the files in subfolders remain unchanged. Is there anyway to access all files nested in subfolders and below?

[szdisjb]

Do you have a script command that will change files in the subfolders of a folder?

[JohnyWolf]

How can you do this for directories/folders?

[losingthings]

Can anyone see that the date has been changed?

[gunasheelsonu]

when i send a file to a another it is showing the same date. How? @OnlineComputerTips