Why can't I change the Created Date on a file using Terminal?

I bought a used Contour helmet camera to take pictures of the kids while they're skiing, and I cannot access the camera itself to change the clock in it (USB port is broken).
I get videos from it just fine, but every time I remove the battery the date/time on the camera resets to January 2008, so my skiing videos end up someplace completely different from what I expect in iMovie.
I thought I could change the Created Date with Touch in Terminal, but it only handles the Modified Date. I know I can purchase File Date Changer 5 from the App Store to do this, but I'd like to know why I can't do it in Terminal.
Anybody know? Or know of a different way that I COULD do it in Terminal?

pessex wrote: Anybody know? Or know of a different way that I COULD do it in Terminal?
Don't know about Terminal, but, because you are using 10.9.x and iMovie, try the iMovie method:

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