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SetFileDate

SetFileDate["file"]
sets the modification and access dates for a file to be the current date.

SetFileDate["file", date] sets the modification and access dates to be the specified date.

The date must be given in the {year, month, day, hour, minute, second} format used by DateList.

SetFileDate["file", date, "type"] sets if possible the specified type of date for a file. Types of dates include "Access", "Creation" and "Modification". All represents all types of dates.

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The date and time at which a file was last modified:

SetFileDate modifies the date of the file to be the current date:

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