setting or retaining the date of a file

[Phil Howard KA9WGN]

I have a bunch of files in which the date of the file has a particular
meaning to me.  I want to retain the dates.  However I also want to sort
these files as well.  I don't want to end up with a bunch of sorted files
dated today.

Before I start writing something to do this, I would like to ask if it
has already been done.  If it takes the date in the same form as "ls -l"
types it, or can copy the dated from a named file, that would be great.

I would do the latter form if I have to as it would avoid having to code
and conversion of anything.
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