# B.45 TouchTask The `TouchTask` works like the Unix `touch` command: It sets the `modtime` of a file to a specific time. Default is the current time. Table B.46:聽Attributes NameTypeDescriptionDefaultRequired`file``String`The file which time is to be changed.n/aYes, or nested `<fileset>` tag`datetime``DateTime`The date and time the mtime of the file is to be set to. The format is "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM AM or PM"`now`No`millis``Integer`The number of milliseconds since Midnight Jan 1 1970 (Unix epoche).`now`No`mkdirs``Boolean`Whether to create nonexistent parent directories when touching new files.`false`No`verbose``Boolean`Whether to log the creation of new files.`true`No B.45.1 Examples ``` <touch file="README.txt" millis="102134111" /> <touch file="COPYING.lib" datetime="10/10/1999 09:31 AM" /> ``` B.45.2 Supported Nested Tags - `fileset`