Occasionally I want to make a zero-length file with a chosen   
   non-today date & time, to use to give a "paragraph marker"   
   in  DIR /O:D  output.  I have plenty of zero-byte files to   
   copy, so re-dating and renaming would suffice.  I am using   
   Windows 10 pro, 64-bit.  To avoid any possibility of the   
   date changing at the beginning/end of Summer Time, I would   
   best like the time part to be 12 noon, GMT/UTC or LCT (Local   
   Civil Time); or at least 61 minutes away from midnight.   
      
   Can this be done (reasonably briefly?) in Batch?  Or in   
   JScript/VBScript?  I have Borland Pascal code, source &   
   compiled; but it is compiled to 16-bit code; I might be   
   able to run a Delphi 3 command-line compiler, but it would   
   not necessarily have the required library routines. Or,   
   come to think of it, can Windows proper do what I want?   
      
      
   I have written (the E: drive is a 'new' 1TB HDD)   
      
         copy /y nul e:%date%.LOG > nul   
      
   and if I put that in a boot-time file then folder e:\   
   would soon have zero-length files for all the dates I   
   might need in future.  In practice, I think I'd use a   
   fixed dedicated folder on the C: drive.  But that   
   method is not at all elegant.   
      
      
      
      
   OT: Is there hidden away in Google Groups some substitute   
   for a '.SIG' file?   
      
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