Win7Tip: Change File Time Stamps with Cygwin and Touch

Problem: I need to change the time stamp of Windows files, but I don't what to buy or install some silly shareware application.



Solution: Install Cygwin and use the Unix touch utility to modify the timestamp.

1. Start Cygwin.


2. Change to your C: drive: cd /cygdrive/c


3. Navigate to your file.


4. Use the touch command.


5. For example, set the date to Jan 6, 2010 at 4:20pm:
   
   touch -d '6 Jan 2010 16:20' myfile.txt

That's all there is too it.