Touch File Date and Time 4+

Modify file date and time

Thomas Osthege

    • 4.8 • 22 Ratings
    • $4.99

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Description

Easily change the creation and modification dates and times of files and folders, or extract metadata (Exif, IPTC, XMP) from images, file names or XMP companion files.

Touch is the name of the program that can be used to change the date and time of folders and files from the command line. This application has a similar range of functions, but the desired changes can be made much more conveniently and extensively.

The modern and clear user interface allows you to drag folders and files into the application. You can specify whether the files should be edited immediately or only after clicking a button. In this way, many files and folders can be edited very quickly.

Features:

- This application changes the creation and modification date and time of folders and files as needed.

- Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata of images can be taken as creation and/or modification date and/or time.

- If companion files (.xmp) are present, the data they contain can be used to change the date and/or time of the corresponding files.

- Sometimes it can be useful to change the date and/or time of files relatively. This is the case, for example, if there are photos whose date of recording is shifted by one or more hours because they were taken in a different time zone.

- Date and time can be taken from the file name. This can be especially useful when the dates of image files need to be changed. The following formats are supported

YYYY[-_ ./]MM[-_ ./]DD[ hh[-_ ./:]mm[[-_ ./:]ss]]
YYYY[-_ ./]MM[-_ ./]DD[ hhmm[ss]]
YYYYMMSS[ hhmm[ss]]

- You can change the date and time individually or together, use the current date and time, or enter any date and time yourself.

- You decide whether to edit folders and/or files. Hidden files and folders can be included or excluded from editing as you wish.

- Decide whether packages (e.g. apps) should be treated like folders or like individual files.

- The result of the editing is clearly displayed immediately after the change.

- The application remembers your settings for the next call.

If you want to learn about the app's features in advance, you can download the manual here: https://touch.tomsidee.de/de/downloads/.

Important notice:
This application changes the date and time properties of files. The content of the files is NOT changed. Some applications use date and time from the content of files, such as Apple Photos, Adobe Lightroom and PhotoShop, or Microsoft Word. These programs may therefore NOT display the correct date and time. Instead, they display the dates they found in the file. This is NOT an error. This is the correct way this application works!

Please use the contact form in the application if you would like changes or enhancements to the application. Please do not leave information about problems in the Microsoft Store, as I cannot respond to them here. Please use the contact form for that as well. Of course I am also happy about your reviews and ratings in the Apple App Store.

What’s New

Version 2.5.2

- The transfer of date and time from the file name has been extended.
- The restriction to dates from 1970 to 2040 has been removed.
- Dates from 1677 to 2262 can now be entered.
- The display of the result is now highlighted in color.
- More extensive dates and times can now be taken from the file names.
- The dates and times contained in the file names of WhatsApp videos, images and other files can now be taken.
- In some cases, times between 12 and 0 o'clock were not transferred correctly.
- Fixed a bug that caused only dates from the 21st century to be recognized from file names.
- More pleasant colors are now used to represent different states.

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
22 Ratings

22 Ratings

Mingcorejkd ,

Soooo helpful!

This has saved me so much time. Pulling videos or files off of photos app to the mac always changes the date to when you put them on the mac, not when they were shot. This instantly changes files back with a drag and drop, then a click of one button: all files back to their initial recording dates and times.

Developer Response ,

Great that my app helped you! Thank you for mentioning it!

FredlyFAS ,

Very Simple UI

It works as advertised but somewhat clunky user interface. There is no option to change from 24 hour based to 12 hour. There is no graphical way to adjust date or time. That’s good enough small changes but painful when changing months or years. For example, seeing and selecting the dates from a different year in a calendar form would be very helpful and quicker than text editing or using another calendar app just to reference the day of the week.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review! It would have been nice if you had contacted me before leaving such a bad review. Well, some people expect a bottle of champagne for the price of one or two coffees, but that's not what I can deliver. Thank you anyway.

SYS_64738 ,

Useful timesaver

If you're working with filesystem dates and times, this app is easy to use and may save you a lot of time or scripting. Notably, it also allows you to update a file's created date/time, which is something touch does not do by itself.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review! Let me know if you miss a feature.

App Privacy

The developer, Thomas Osthege, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.