#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
#include <iomanip>
#include <fstream>
#include <filesystem>
namespace fs = std::filesystem;
using namespace std::chrono_literals;
int main()
{
    fs::path p = fs::current_path() / "example.bin";
    std::ofstream(p.c_str()).put('a'); // create file
    auto ftime = fs::last_write_time(p);
 
    // assuming system_clock for this demo
    // note: not true on MSVC or GCC 9; C++20 will allow portable output
    std::time_t cftime = decltype(ftime)::clock::to_time_t(ftime);
    std::cout << "File write time is " << std::asctime(std::localtime(&cftime)) << '\n';
 
    fs::last_write_time(p, ftime + 1h); // move file write time 1 hour to the future
    ftime = fs::last_write_time(p); // read back from the filesystem
 
    cftime = decltype(ftime)::clock::to_time_t(ftime);
    std::cout << "File write time is " << std::asctime(std::localtime(&cftime)) << '\n';
    fs::remove(p);
}