Need to change date on a file

[lorel]

Due to an error we have changed the creation date on a file to today's date. Is there a way to change the file date back to a previous date?
Thanks
Joe

 

[PHV]

The only (but dangerous) way I see is to change the system date (man asktime) before recreating the file and then restore the system date.

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[motoslide]

How is this different from using the "touch" command? Does this only adjust the "last modification" date?

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[PHV]

The touch command deals with last access and last modification times only.

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[lorel]

The touch command using the -am and -t options did what I needed. I was aware of the touch command but I did not know that it could also change the date of the file to a previuos time
Thanks every one who took the time to answer my question.
Joe