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Major New Features

• Fixed usage of -FILEFIX when used on its own - DirDate did not think any changes were being specified.

New features

What's New in DirDate v5.5 - 3 February 2012
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* Fixed usage of -FILEFIX when used on its own - DirDate did not 
  think any changes were being specified.


What's New in DirDate v5.4 - 16 January 2012
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* -IGNOREHIDDEN to ignore hidden files - very useful if you need to 
  ignore certain types of file- they can be hidden by a batch file
  prior to running DirDate, and then unhidden afterwards, e.g.

    attrib +H *.* /S
    dirdate...
    attrib -H *.* /S


What's New in DirDate v5.3 - 4 November 2011
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* -QUIET mode now suppresses the copyright and license display 
  text.


What's New in DirDate v5.2 - 4 August 2011
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* Added -DATEFORMAT=d/m/y | m/d/y etc in case you need to work
  with a date format other than the system short date format
  (e.g. if you process a report file from a computer in a 
  different locale, or generate a report for a computer in a different
  locale).
  The date format should only use the date separator character (typically - or /)
  and the  m, mm, d, dd, yy, and yyyy format specifiers.
* -REPORT mode generates dates in accordance with the system
  short date format - previously it used d/m/y always.
* -REPORT mode now adds 
    set DIRDATE=-QUIET
  to produce less output when report.bat is run.
* Added new 'All' option to change all remaining files in 
  -C Confirm mode.
* Documented the DIRDATE environment variable.
* Now understands Unicode filenames on the command line.


What's New in DirDate v5.1 - 2 August 2011
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* Now you can set a file date based on the creation,
  modification or last access date - e.g. setting the 
  create date to the modified date minus one hour.
* Change command line syntax (still backward compatible).


What's New in DirDate v5.0 - 1 August 2011
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* Added -FILEFIX option to fix file dates so that if the
  modified date is earlier than the create date, the create
  date is set to the modified date.
* Added -ONLYFILES and -ONLYDIRS to restrict what gets
  changed.
* In -C Confirmation mode, the read only flag on a file is 
  now only modified if the user selects Yes; previously the
  read-only attribute would be changed regardless.


What's New in DirDate v4.9.3 - 25 May 2011
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* Fixed Unicode uppercasing issues with -IGNOREDIR=
  and -IGNORE=


What's New in DirDate v4.9.2 - 24 May 2011
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* Fixed doubling up of the foldername as a filename
  when the start folder was not specified.
* Fixed -IGNOREDIR not being recognized.


What's New in DirDate v4.9.1 - 17 May 2011
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* Final changes to -DIROLDEST and -DIRNEWEST.
* Speed improvements.
 

What's New in DirDate v4.9 - 16 May 2011
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* Now can specify folders to ignore using -IGNOREDIR.
* Fixed -DIROLDEST and -DIRNEWEST not working
 

What's New in DirDate v4.8 - 9 May 2011
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* Now can specify wildcards for any mode - fixed bug 
  with specifying anything other than *.* and -r mode.
* Fixed Out of Memory errors handling ignore list 
  entries.
 

What's New in DirDate v4.7 - 16 March 2011
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* New ignore list option -IGNORE=... - by default 
  thumbs.db, desktop.ini are ignored.
* Report mode now no longer ignores wildcards.


What's New in DirDate v4.6.1 - 19 July 2010
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* Removed more messages from output when QUIET
  mode is on.


What's New in DirDate v4.6 - 13 July 2010
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* Removed reference file messages from output when QUIET
  mode is on.


What's New in DirDate v4.5.4 - 30 April 2010
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* Fixed dates not being set correctly.


What's New in DirDate v4.5.3 - 30 March 2010
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* Fixed missing leading '.' from relative paths in -REPORT mode.


What's New in DirDate v4.5.2 - 29 March 2010
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* Fixed setting of folder dates in -DIRFIX, -DIROLDEST and 
  -DIRNEWEST modes.
* Directory specified in -REPORT mode output is now a 
  relative directory, as documented.


What's New in DirDate v4.5.1 - 27 March 2010
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* Fixed -report mode not writing to standard out when redirected.
* Fixed dates in whatsnew, license, order files.
* Fixed folder create/last modified being reversed.


What's New in DirDate v4.5 - 25 March 2010
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* Added -DIRFIX to set reset folder dates after a backup/restore -
  folder create date is set to the oldest file date, folder 
  modify date is set to the newest file date.
* A wildcard of *.* is now enforced when -DIRFIX, -DIROLDEST,
  -DIRNEWEST or -REPORT is used with the -R option to ensure that
  all directories are traversed.
* Now works with Unicode filenames.


What's New in DirDate v4.4.4 - 2 July 2009
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* Fixed -DIROLDEST (for the last time!)


What's New in DirDate v4.4.3 - 1 July 2009
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* Fixed -DIROLDEST and -DIRNEWEST (again)
* Faster processing


What's New in DirDate v4.4.2 - 29 June 2009
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* New -QUIET option which is much faster
* Fixed -DIROLDEST and -DIRNEWEST


What's New in DirDate v4.4.1 - 26 June 2009
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* Output can be redirected to speed up output e.g.
    dirdate -r -diroldest r:\*.* > nul
* Now ignores folder dates and empty folder dates when
  using -diroldest and -dirnewest, so dud folders don't
  throw out the date calculations.


What's New in DirDate v4.4 - 6 March 2009
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* Now can change the dates of just a folder by not specifying any wildcards e.g.
    dirdate -year=1999 c:\aemail
* Now accepts redirected input with a list of files to be updated e.g.
    dir /s /b | dirdate -min=22



What's New in DirDate v4.3 - 26 August 2008
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* Now can produce a .BAT report making it easy to copy a set 
  of dates from one folder (or group of folders) to another.


What's New in DirDate v4.2.1 - 2 July 2008
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* Install now adds DirDate to the system path.


What's New in DirDate v4.2 - 27 June 2008
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* New -diroldest and -dirnewest to set
  the folder to the date of the oldest or 
  newest file respectively. e.g.

  dirdate -r -diroldest c:\aemail\


What's New in DirDate v4.1.4 - 16 June 2008
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* Now accepts dates in the format
    -date=$/$/$ and times in the format
    -time=$:$:$
  where $ represents the 'current' value.


What's New in DirDate v4.1.3 - 11 June 2008
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* New evaluation warning.


What's New in DirDate v4.1.2 - 5 May 2008
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* Fixed date values being read as zero.


What's New in DirDate v4.1.1 - 1 May 2008
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* Removed EXIF info from help file.


What's New in DirDate v4.1 - 11 March 2008
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* Now allows relative date changes in any date part e.g.
    day=+3 adds 3 to the current day, day=-3 removes 3 days


What's New in DirDate v3.9.1 - 28 January 2008
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* Now allows Years as early as 1601 for NTFS.


What's New in DirDate v3.9 - 19 November 2007
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* Now correctly implements regional date order such
  as d/m/y for UK/AU etc.


What's New in DirDate v3.8.2 - 14 May 2007
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* Fixed bug in applying folder dates.
* -C option to confirm each change is now implemented.


What's New in DirDate v3.8.1
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* Fixed bug in handling of ADD= and SUBTRACT= options.


What's New in DirDate v3.8
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* Now can change dates on the actual folder entries.
* Now can set the dates on read-only files as well.
* Now can set all date parts in one shot.


What's New in DirDate v3.7.1
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* Last Access date of reference file is no longer modified.
* Applying the reference file date now respects time zones.


What's New in DirDate v3.7
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* New option to retrieve the reference file's create or last accessed date.
* Improved documentation


What's New in DirDate v3.6
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* Updated documentation and Usage information.


What's New in DirDate v3.5
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* Fix for year=+2 and year=-2 style command line options.


What's New in DirDate v3.4
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*	
Now displays better error messages, and does not halt on errors.


What's New in DirDate v3.3
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*	
Now applies wildcards to only modify the specified files.


What's New in DirDate v3.2
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*	
Can now add or subtract amounts from existing dates e.g. to correct for time zone 
differences.


What's New in DirDate v3.1
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*	
Win32 version as well as 16 bit version


What's New in DirDate v2.9
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*	
Fixed documentation error - should have been '\v' to disable date validity checking


What's New in DirDate v2.8
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*	
Date and time separator can be any non-digit character
*	
Now examines current locale to determine correct date order to use
*	
Updated contact information


What's New in DirDate v2.7
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*	
Years can be increased or decreased (very useful for Y2K)
*	
Date validity checking can now be disabled, allowing dates like Feb 29, 2000 to be 
used (advanced users only)
*	
File and directory attributes can be modified, including Volume ID and Directory 
attributes (advanced users only)
*	
File and directory sizes can be modified (advanced users only)

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