Can a file's date be changed without re-save?

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George

I'm using WinXP-pro, and noticed some pictures (filename.jpg) had date of
2/7/2106... it looks like the camera did not have its date/time set
correctly. Fortunately, I had given the files a name that specified the
date (like 20050216MountJones.jpg).

Is there a way to change the date, *without* opening in something like
photoshop, and then re-saving. My understanding is that JPEG's are
"lossy"... the more you open and re-save, the more they drop a few more
pixels.

Even it what they drop won't be noticable, I'd still like to know if I can
"re-date" a file

Thanks,
George
 
George said:
I'm using WinXP-pro, and noticed some pictures (filename.jpg) had date of
2/7/2106... it looks like the camera did not have its date/time set
correctly. Fortunately, I had given the files a name that specified the
date (like 20050216MountJones.jpg).

Is there a way to change the date, *without* opening in something like
photoshop, and then re-saving. My understanding is that JPEG's are
"lossy"... the more you open and re-save, the more they drop a few more
pixels.

Even it what they drop won't be noticable, I'd still like to know if I can
"re-date" a file

Thanks,
George
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If you do fair bit with digital images then you might want to look
into a program called ( www.acdsystems.com )ACDSee. It's a great
program for digital photography and will let you change the dates and
much, much more. Well worth the mony.

Armin
 
Bob said:
We used it in the "DOS" days too.
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Mmm, interesting. Which version of DOS?

I've never heard of it and the few legacy system we have that are still
running a version of DOS tell me: 'touch' is not recognized as an
internal or external command.

Armin
 
Armin said:
Mmm, interesting. Which version of DOS?

I've never heard of it and the few legacy system we have that are still
running a version of DOS tell me: 'touch' is not recognized as an
internal or external command.

Armin
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Nevermind, Bob, I found it over programmersheaven.com. Looks like it's
was a small add-on utility progam that runs under DOS. I suppose it
should work from the command prompt under Windows as well.

The OP can find it at:
http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone16/cat920/3139.htm

Armin
 
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