# File(s) SetDate Action

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-s-setdate-action/3800
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [December 23, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-s-setdate-action/3800 "2006-12-23T11:24:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![wasowerby](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@wasowerby](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/wasowerby)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2006, 11:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-s-setdate-action/3800/1 "2006-12-23T11:24:00Z")

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As a potential user of FB, I would like to see a Files & Directories and File Sets ‘SetDate from a variable’ action based on the TouchFile action. My existing TC Builder program has this and it seems a surprising omission from a Version 5 of a more sophisticated product like FB.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/file-s-setdate-action/3800/2 "2006-12-27T07:24:45Z")

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Hi Andrew  
  
Take a look at the Touch Action.