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Here’s a Hack to Change The -Last Modified- Date of your Files

Valencia Lim

2016-10-13 , 3:16 pm

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Last Updated on 2021-10-22 , 12:46 pm

For those of us who are born procrastinators, doing last minute work is nothing new to us.

Sometimes, we do not want to let our professor, teacher or superior know that we did our work last minute.

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So here’s a hack to change the document’s “date created” and “date modified”.

For Windows 8 and Windows 10 users:

Step 1: Download BulkFileChanger
Just Google for the download link. This utility program enables you to create lists of Windows files and changes their attributes.

Step 2: Run BulkFileChanger
When the main menu appears, click File and then Add Files.

Step 3: Select the file/folder where you want to change the information
It will show up as an entry on a list.

Step 4: Click on Actions and then Change Time/Attributes
Now, you’ll have full control on when you want the last modified date to be! Just don’t be an idiot and set it at the year 1960.

Step 5: Change the Date Created/Date Modified
You can just check the boxes on the menu for what you want to modify. You can add a specific amount to the current times on the file or even copy time from one file to another to make them match.

Step 6: Click on ‘Do It’ after you’re done
So you’ve done it. Give yourself a pat on the shoulder now – you’ve just pulled off the biggest lie in your life.

For users running on Mac OS X

Step 1: Launch the OS X ‘Terminal’
Pull down the “Applications” menu, then click on “Utilities”, then launch Terminal.

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Step 2: Find the file path of the file you want to modify the information
Drag and drop the file onto the Terminal window, and Terminal will provide the file path at the command prompt. The file path can then be copied.

Step 3: Enter the terminal command “touch -mt YYYYMMDDhhmm.ss [file path]” into the Terminal.
This will change the modification date. This sends a command to the touch utility (which sets the modification and access times of files) to set the new date and time. NOTE: YYYY means the year, MM the month, DD the day, hh the hour, mm the minute, ss the second of the target time.

Step 4: Enter the command “touch -at YYYYMMDDhhmm.ss [file path]”
Your accessed date will be changed.

Step 5: Enter the command “touch -t YYYYMMDDhhmm.ss [file path]”
This will change the creation date, unfortunately, only if the target time is before the original creation time.

In the event you are caught in the midst of doing this, please do not say you learn this from us.

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And oh, you’re most welcome.

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Here’s a Hack to Change The -Last Modified- Date of your Files

For Windows 8 and Windows 10 users:

For users running on Mac OS X

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