batch file to delete files older than a specified date [duplicate]

Answer 1

My solution works if you

• either have a touch utility on your system (which I do)
• or can afford to temporarily change system date using date command (which is probably not the case, but who knows)

Here's the idea:

1. In the target directory, create a signal file (with a unique name), and with timestamp equal to your deletion threshold time. It can be done with touch (which accepts desired timestamp as a parameter), or by remembering current date with date /T, changing system date to desired with date , and restoring the original date.

2. Use for /f %%I in ('dir /od') to iterate over all files ordered by date, deleting them one by one. After you encounter (and delete) the signal file, stop deleting.