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DOS 2.0 FDATE utility
The FDATE utility for DOS 2.0 allows setting the date and timestamps for
a disk file.
The syntax of the command is:
FDATE <filename> <date> <time>
Where date and time are optional and can appear in any order.
Date can be mm/dd/yy or mm-dd-yy.
Time is hh:mm:ss
If either the date or time or both are specified, the respective
date and time information in the directory entry for the file is set
appropriately. If only one is specified, the other is left with its
original value. If neither the date or time is specified on the command
line, then the file's date and time stamps are set from the current
date and time in the DOS clock.
The filename can include normal DOS 2.0 drive and path specifications.
Warning: Although most cases of illegal date and time formats will be
detected, it was not deemed worth the effort or memory to try and
detect all possible pathological cases, so trying to fool it will
not lead to happy directory entries.
Note: The time recorded by DOS in the directory entry is kept in
TWO second intervals, so the second specified is truncated to an even
value.