How to set older file dates?

[Brian Cluff]

No matter how many bits you throw at a computer it will never solve the 
problem of only using double digits to represent a date.  Doing that 
will always run into problems eventually.

I believe you may be thinking of the UNIX time problem where time 
represented using a signed 32bit number would run out some time in the 
year 2038.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

Brian Cluff

On 03/07/2015 01:17 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> "Double digit dates from this century will become the y2.1k problem some
> day :)"
>
> I read that it was fixed with 64 bit computing.
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>
>     You need to specify the century part of the year as well, otherwise
>     touch assumes you mean the current century.
>
>     Double digit dates from this century will become the y2.1k problem
>     some day :)
>
>     Try:
>     touch -t 196709131010 filename
>
>     Brian Cluff
>
>     On 03/07/2015 11:59 AM, joe at actionline.com
>     <mailto:joe at actionline.com> wrote:
>
>         How can I set the date on some old files from
>         the 60's, 70's, and 80's?
>         When I use touch -t 6709131010 filename
>         for the date September 13, 1967, the date
>         shows up as September 13, 2067.
>
>
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