How to modify access time and modify time manually?

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Issue

  • How to modify atime, mtime and ctime manually?
  • Is it possible to modify atime and mtime to be a time before current time?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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