diff --git a/tools/get-its-dates/README.txt b/tools/get-its-dates/README.txt
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+The get-its-dates tool accepts a directory of ITS files on the host, presumably extracted from an ITS tape,
+and generates a list of Linux timestamps, suitable to be used by the touch program, and in the same
+format as found here:  https://github.com/PDP-10/its/blob/master/build/timestamps.txt.
+
+To build the tool, you'll need a scala build environment and SBT.  The best way to get this environment
+is to install SBT following the instructions on this page: https://docs.scala-lang.org/getting-started/sbt-track/getting-started-with-scala-and-sbt-on-the-command-line.html.
+
+Once your environment is setup, use the command: 'sbt assembly'.  The output should look like this:
+
+$ sbt assembly
+[info] welcome to sbt 1.4.4 (Ubuntu Java 11.0.18)
+[info] loading settings for project get-its-dates-build from assembly.sbt,metals.sbt ...
+[info] loading project definition from /mnt/its/ITS/ws/its/tools/get-its-dates/project
+[info] loading settings for project get-its-dates from build.sbt ...
+[info] set current project to get-its-dates (in build file:/mnt/its/ITS/ws/its/tools/get-its-dates/)
+[info] compiling 2 Scala sources to /mnt/its/ITS/ws/its/tools/get-its-dates/target/scala-2.13/classes ...
+[info] Including: scala-library-2.13.4.jar
+[info] Checking every *.class/*.jar file's SHA-1.
+[info] Merging files...
+[warn] Merging 'NOTICE' with strategy 'rename'
+[warn] Merging 'LICENSE' with strategy 'rename'
+[warn] Merging 'META-INF/MANIFEST.MF' with strategy 'discard'
+[warn] Strategy 'discard' was applied to a file
+[warn] Strategy 'rename' was applied to 2 files
+[info] SHA-1: d054c5f3b80a5905840f5fc3b44f2e7896d5192e
+[success] Total time: 6 s, completed Mar 7, 2023, 12:56:51 PM
+$
+
+This produces an executable JAR file.  Then, invoke the JAR by running:
+
+java -jar ./target/scala-2.13/get-its-dates-assembly-0.1.jar <directory> <prefix-to-remove>
+
+The output will contain lines with timestamp specifications suitable for adding to build/timestamps.txt.
+
+For example, assume you have a directory called "mudtmp" located in /path/to/stuff/mudtmp, and it contains these files
+extracted from an ITS tape:
+
+$ ls -l --full-time /path/to/stuff/mudtmp
+total 20
+-rw-rw-r-- 1 eswenson eswenson 14390 1983-02-08 22:00:07.000000000 -0800 added.files
+-rw-rw-r-- 1 eswenson eswenson    35 1978-01-08 06:39:37.000000000 -0800 dump.bit
+$
+
+Running the tool with:
+
+java -jar ./target/scala-2.13/get-its-dates-assembly-0.1.jar /path/to/stuff/mudtmp /path/to/stuff
+
+Will generate
+
+mudtmp/added.files 198302082200.07
+mudtmp/dump.bit 197801080639.37
+
+
+
diff --git a/tools/get-its-dates/build.sbt b/tools/get-its-dates/build.sbt
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+name := "get-its-dates"
+
+version := "0.1"
+
+scalaVersion := "2.13.4"
diff --git a/tools/get-its-dates/project/assembly.sbt b/tools/get-its-dates/project/assembly.sbt
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+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "0.14.6")
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diff --git a/tools/get-its-dates/project/build.properties b/tools/get-its-dates/project/build.properties
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+sbt.version = 1.4.4
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diff --git a/tools/get-its-dates/project/metals.sbt b/tools/get-its-dates/project/metals.sbt
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+// DO NOT EDIT! This file is auto-generated.
+
+// This file enables sbt-bloop to create bloop config files.
+
+addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-bloop" % "1.5.6")
+
diff --git a/tools/get-its-dates/src/main/scala/Finder.scala b/tools/get-its-dates/src/main/scala/Finder.scala
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+import java.io._
+import java.nio.file._
+import java.nio.file.attribute._
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult._
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitOption._
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.FileSystems
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption._
+import scala.io.Source
+import scala.language.postfixOps
+import scala.util.Try
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+import java.time.ZoneId
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.util.TimeZone
+import java.util.Locale
+import java.time.Instant
+import java.util.Calendar
+import java.time.ZoneOffset
+
+class Finder(showDirs: Boolean, prefix: String) extends SimpleFileVisitor[Path] {
+  val format = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyyMMddHHmm.ss")
+  val now: Calendar = Calendar.getInstance()
+  val timeZone: TimeZone = now.getTimeZone()
+  val cal: Calendar = Calendar.getInstance(timeZone, Locale.US)
+
+  override def visitFile(file: Path, attrs: BasicFileAttributes): FileVisitResult = {
+    if (attrs.isRegularFile) {
+      val absolutePath = file.toAbsolutePath.toString
+      val pathToPrint = absolutePath.replace(prefix, "")
+      val attrs =  Files.readAttributes(file, classOf[BasicFileAttributes])
+      val creationDate = attrs.creationTime()
+
+      cal.setTimeInMillis(creationDate.toMillis)
+
+      val dstOffset = cal.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)
+      val adjustedCreationDate  = dstOffset  match {
+        case 0 =>
+          creationDate.toMillis()
+        case 3600000 =>
+          creationDate.toMillis() + dstOffset
+        case _ =>
+          creationDate.toMillis()
+      }
+
+      val ldt: LocalDateTime = LocalDateTime.ofEpochSecond(adjustedCreationDate / 1000, 0, ZoneOffset.ofTotalSeconds(cal.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) / 1000))
+      System.out.println(s"${pathToPrint} ${ldt.format(format)}")
+    }
+    return CONTINUE
+  }
+
+  override def preVisitDirectory(dir: Path, attrs: BasicFileAttributes): FileVisitResult = {
+    if (showDirs)
+      println(s"Processing directory: ${dir.toAbsolutePath()}")
+    return CONTINUE
+  }
+
+  override def visitFileFailed(file: Path, ioe: IOException): FileVisitResult = {
+    System.err.println(ioe)
+    return CONTINUE
+  }
+
+  def done() = {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/get-its-dates/src/main/scala/GetItsDates.scala b/tools/get-its-dates/src/main/scala/GetItsDates.scala
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+import java.nio.file._
+
+object GetItsDates extends App {
+  if (this.args.size != 2) {
+    println(s"Syntax is:")
+    println(s"  get-its-datess <root directory> <prefix>")
+  }
+  else {
+    val rootDir = this.args(0)
+    val prefix = this.args(1)
+    val finder = new Finder(false, prefix)
+    Files.walkFileTree(
+      Paths.get(rootDir),
+      finder
+    )
+    finder.done()
+  }
+}