How do I batch change the date taken information in EXIF data?

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Published on 2009-07-20T19:27:27Z Indexed on 2010/05/09 21:00 UTC
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I use F-Spot to manage my images. For one set of images, the dates somehow got messed up and they all are marked as September 1st 2007. I'd like to change the date taken information to a different date. How can I do this?

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