Changing creation date on adobe acrobat 9

I've got a folder full of old PDF files at work. They are all labeled DD-MM-YY to signify the date they were made but the pdf's were originally in Word format and when they were all converted to PDF's, they all took that day as their created date. I'm looking for a way to change the created date on these hundreds of PDF's to match the date in the file name. Is there an easy way to do this? I have to print the documents and organize them chronologically by date. However, I need to also have corresponding creation dates with the documents. I'm not good with scripting or programming however I am great at following step by step directions. I would greatly appreciate help on this since this is a semi time sensitive project.
Thank you.

Acrobat does not offer any way to change creation date. It is correct: by definition, it is the day when the PDF was made, it is not supposed to be set to a different date that might be more convenient.

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