Change the last modified, creation and access time of files in Windows.

How To Change Windows Filestamps

# Change Timestamps in Windows

## Get Started

### Open PowerShell

Open PowerShell in the target directory. Normally, you can open PowerShell in current directory by holding <kbd>shift</kbd> and right-clicking the context menu **Open PowerShell Here**.

### Use the Following Commands

#### Change Creation Time

``` powershell
$(Get-Item FILENAME).creationtime=$(Get-Date "DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM am/pm")
```

#### Change Last Access Time

``` powershell
$(Get-Item FILENAME).lastaccesstime=$(Get-Date "DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM am/pm")
```

#### Change Last Modified Time

``` powershell
$(Get-Item FILENAME).lastwritetime=$(Get-Date "DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM am/pm")
```

## Examples

To change the creation time of the file `filename.mp4` in current folder to current date time, use the following command.

``` powershell
$(Get-Item ".\filename.mp4").lastwritetime=$(Get-Date)
```

To change the last modified time of the file `filename.mp4` in current folder to **11/24/2015 06:00 am**, use the following command.

``` powershell
$(Get-Item ".\filename.mp4").lastwritetime=$(Get-Date "11/24/2015 06:00 am")
```