>I need to copy files of various types to a remote location.
>
>Before I copy these files I need to be able to change their date/time attributes
>to a date/time of my choice and have them arrive at the remote machine with these dates intact.
>
>An API call to do this would be nice:)
>
>I am not very keen on any DOS solutions but all help gratefully received.

You can download George Tasker's Windows Time from the Download section. It gives you the ability to read and manipulate this and other attributes of a file. Check out http://www.levelextreme.com/wconnect/wc.dll?UniversalThread~2,54,Forum=5,28,1260.

HTH.