DOS does not provide any capabilities to change the date of directories or volume labels, and this is the gap that DirDate fills. DirDate can change any part of the date and/or time on any disk file, directory or volume label, whether it is located in the root directory or a subdirectory. It can be used to indicate to search utilities that the contents of a directory have been updated. DirDate skips altering Windows 95 long filenames. Any part of the date and/or time can be set to the current date/time, or to a specified value. Dates may be set to the same date as that of a reference file, or to the date of a reference file modified by subsequent values. DirDate can be used to backdate files. When used in conjunction with setting the system date backwards, this is a very effective means of avoiding Y2K (Year 2000) problems, particularly when the hardware is dedicated to one task (so the date doesn't impact other systems).

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