Adjusting date and time in Elements Organizer

Hi!
Is there any way to adjust the date and time in Elements Organizer, to a specific date and time that includes not only hours and minutes, but also seconds?
My version of Elements Organizer is version 13.0 (20140904.m.62073) x64, for Mac.
Thanks!
Elements Organizer 13.0.0.0
Core Version: 13.0 (20140904.m.62073)
Language Version: 13.0 (20140904.m.62073)
System:
Operating System Name: Mac OS X
Operating System Version: 10.10.1
System Architecture: Intel CPU Family:6 Model:60 Stepping:3 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2
Built-in Memory: 8,00GB
Free Memory: 6,00GB
Important Drivers / Plug-ins / Libraries:
Apple QuickTime Version: 7.73
Adobe Reader Version: Not installed
Adobe Acrobat Version: Not installed

It looks like there are a few different threads on this topic. I posted something yesterday that explained how I used a bash script to automatically parse through the .mov files in my iMovie Events folder and set the "Last Modified" date according to the file name (which had the date in it). It saved me a lot of time since I had >500 clips to set to the proper time. The post might be useful to others:
Re: Horrible iMovie 10 timestamp bug

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That was very strange, I decided to try and change the date of these images in the master files as well by checking the checkbox "Also change master files".
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Has anyone else encountered it or know of a way to avoid it?
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I certainly have had issues regarding wrong dates, time stamping and DNG's in Aperture. There have been posts here from others as well with the same kind of date problems.
I have reported the bug to Apple and hope for a solution to the issue in a near future.
Regards
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How are you selecting the photos and changing them? How much of a change are you trying to make? A total change of date and time or just a delta change either plus or minus?
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nathan:
What type of edit were you making. Have been trying to duplicate that and cannot. I've changed the date and selected the original file to be changed also. Then I edited the file by cropping, changing the exposure and shadows and saving. Both versions are still tiff files.
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LN
Message was edited by: LarryHN

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The time is shifted by the difference between first and last image into the past, if the first image is the active one and into the future, if the last image is the active one.
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Message was edited by: cumulusCE

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Here is another screen shot.
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or
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2 - change the date and time for all selected photos to a specific value
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