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touchmodifies the modified date, not the creation date of the file.touchwith the parameters you gave above changed the modification but not creation dates for my test file.touchdoes modify the creation date depending on the arguments. If you supply a modification date that is before the file's creation date, the creation date will automatically change to the new modification date value, as a file cannot be modified before it is created.creationdate. I was able to changeaccessandmodifieddates to a "date in the past", but it did not modify creation date. Check the man page for touch, it does not mention creation date. File system : Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted). UsingSetFile -d "$(GetFileInfo -m test.txt)" file.txtworked perfectly.