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By default ls displays Mon dd ccyy format for files modified more than 6 months ago which is why pravin27 suggested --time-style

Are you trying to change the timestamp of the file or the display...

find /path/to/files -type f -mtime +2

mtime is when contents of the file was modified
atime is when the file was accesed (read)
ctime is when the status was changed

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Date Arithmetic with the Shell

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www samag com/documents/s=8284/sam0307b/0307b.htm
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