From: jgqued@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, 7 December 2018 19:25:20 UTC, MikeS  wrote:   
   > On 05/12/2018 22:35, dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com wrote:   
   > > 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?   
   > >   
   > I use a very (very) old program called Rname-it which amazingly still   
   > works fine with 64 bit Windows 10. It does what you want (from its   
   > options button) and far more as well. If you find a copy it is much   
   > easier than writing something yourself.   
      
   A search for a Windows "touch" utility should be fruitful.  I still use TOUCH   
   from a very early Windows resource Kit (1996),   
      
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