Change File Timestamps - cumulative delta

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Change File Timestamps - cumulative delta

Postby bjshnog » Fri Mar 28, 2025 6:03 pm

I'd like an option in Change File Timestamps to increment the timestamp by some set value per file, starting at some given timestamp. For example, I could set the first file's modified date to the current time, and for each file after that, in order, set the modified date to one second after that of the previous file. I frequently use this in another bulk file processing program to make files conveniently sortable by modified date, and if it was implemented in BRU, I wouldn't need a second program (the other one has a rather awkward interface and can't rename files).
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Re: Change File Timestamps - cumulative delta

Postby Admin » Sat Mar 29, 2025 2:08 am

Hi, I think this could be added in "Change File Timestamps" > "Fixed" as an Increment value (in seconds). The first file gets the fixed timestamp and subsequent files get incremented.
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Re: Change File Timestamps - cumulative delta

Postby Admin » Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:44 pm

This was added to 4.0.0.7, thank you for your suggestion! 8)
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Re: Change File Timestamps - cumulative delta

Postby bjshnog » Sun Apr 06, 2025 1:05 am

Awesome. Thanks! :mrgreen:
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Re: Change File Timestamps - cumulative delta

Postby Admin » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:03 am

Added to 4.0.0.7:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6970
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