You can use a generalized update query. As always, when dealing with databases take a backup first.
With that out of the way, your query should look something like:
BEGIN; -- Start a transaction
UPDATE
wp_posts
SET
post_modified = <Your new date>
AND post_modified_gmt = <Your new date in GMT>;
SELECT * FROM wp_posts LIMIT 10 ORDER BY post_date DESC; -- See the 10 most recently authored posts, make sure their post_modified and post_modified_gmt looks good
COMMIT; -- Commit the changes to the database or
ROLLBACK; -- If things don't look right.
Edit: in your case, if you do this in PHP, definitely take a backup, and then make $sql
everything above except for the lines with BEGIN
, COMMIT
, and ROLLBACK
, though I’d recommend doing this in the command line or a GUI/web interface.