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Re: creation date property of item is r/o !



On 2/27/05 9:59 PM, "Jeffrey Berman" <email@hidden> wrote:

>> The why doesn't matter. Get the dev tools and you can use SetFile to
>> accomplish this.
> 
> The 'SetFile' command does let you change the file creation date.  However,
> I've discovered that a 12 AM number needs to be set with "00:mm" time
> notation.  For example,
> 
> SetFile -d "02/27/2005 12:01 AM" testfile
> 
> sets the creation date of file "testfile" to 12:01 *PM*.  However, the
> following command:
> 
> SetFile -d "02/27/2005 00:01 AM" testfile
> 
> sets the creation date to the desired 12:01 AM time.

Well, yes, in 24 hour time, that's right. Midnight is 00:00 and noon is
12:00, hence the term, "Zero Hundred Hours" for midnight.

john

-- 
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
(I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.)

Jeff La Grua


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