Specify Date and Time as String with Linux Touch Command

[aaron]

   

   

You can also specify the date and time as a string by using the -d option with the Linux touch command. The following Linux touch command example sets the date to the 8th of March, and the time is automatically set to 00:00:

   

touch -d '8 Mar' file_name.txt

   

Instead of specifying the date as a string, you can select the time as one. In that case, the date will be set to the current date automatically:

   

touch -d '20:10' file_name.txt

   

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