change date created and modified based on date in file name

[Script8647]

Hi,
I have a bunch of files (photos and videos) that have dates at the beginning of the file name (eg. 01-06-2023-0h9ufkbsow5n0lro7gjdd_source.mp4, 01-12-2023-1280x959_9ba4543799ea9325e4df8a3c24f73ab4.jpeg) but the date created and modified does to match the date at the beginning of the file. How would I take just the date part of the file name and then change the date created and modified? The time does not matter I'm only looking to change the date. I tried looking through the form for something on how to do this but couldn't find anything unless I missed it.

[Luuk]

I dont believe that "Change File Stamps" inside of Special(14) can ever look at the filename characters?
There is a free exiftool.exe to change them like your description, but its a command-line application.
This some examples, depending on how it should also conduct the times??

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"C:\Path\To\exiftool.exe" -fast4 -overwrite_original -if $filename=~/^\d\d-\d\d-20\d\d/ -File:System:Time:All"<${filename;s/(..)-(..)-(.{4}).*/$3:$1:$2 00:00:00/}" "C:\PathTo\YourFolder"

After getting the date from $filename, this uses 00:00:00 for the time.

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"C:\Path\To\exiftool.exe" -fast4 -overwrite_original -if $filename=~/^\d\d-\d\d-20\d\d/ -File:System:Time:All"<${filename;s/(..)-(..)-(.{4}).*/$3:$1:$2/} ${FileCreateDate;s/.* (\d\d:\d\d:\d\d).*/$1/}" "C:\PathTo\YourFolder"

After getting the date from $filename, this preserves the original time.

[Script8647]

Thank you. This does exactly what I was looking for.