Guest Harvey Posted September 6, 2007 Posted September 6, 2007 How can creation date for a file be after its modified date?! -- Best regards, Harvey
Guest HeyBub Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Creation date if after modified date Harvey wrote: > How can creation date for a file be after its modified date?! Create file. Set the date in the computer to last week. Modify file.
Guest Poprivet Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Creation date if after modified date Harvey wrote: > How can creation date for a file be after its modified date?! If you copy/move a file to a new location it gets a created stamp of when it was copied/moved. But, it retains the modified date from the original location. Note that downloaded files from the 'net will also have the current date for create date; they obviously weren't written on the day you downloaded them. MS calls it a "feature". Pop`
Guest Harvey Posted September 7, 2007 Posted September 7, 2007 Re: Creation date if after modified date Thanks for your reply. It seems if files keep thier creation date constant and change thier modified dates during moving from machin to machin it's less confusing. I can't think of any benefit for the current setting. -- Best regards, Harvey "Poprivet" wrote: > Harvey wrote: > > How can creation date for a file be after its modified date?! > > If you copy/move a file to a new location it gets a created stamp of when it > was copied/moved. But, it retains the modified date from the original > location. > Note that downloaded files from the 'net will also have the current date > for create date; they obviously weren't written on the day you downloaded > them. > > MS calls it a "feature". > > Pop` > > >
Guest Code-Curious Mom Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Creation date if after modified date Think of it this way. The creation date is the date it was created in that location. Modified means changed. The file itself does not change when it is moved to another machine. If I open the file in an editor and make changes to it and save them, then it has been modified. "Harvey" <Harvey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F546792E-777C-481F-B7B7-6AF2392ABC2F@microsoft.com... > Thanks for your reply. It seems if files keep thier creation date constant > and change thier modified dates during moving from machin to machin it's > less > confusing. I can't think of any benefit for the current setting. > -- > Best regards, > Harvey > > > "Poprivet" wrote: > >> Harvey wrote: >> > How can creation date for a file be after its modified date?! >> >> If you copy/move a file to a new location it gets a created stamp of when >> it >> was copied/moved. But, it retains the modified date from the original >> location. >> Note that downloaded files from the 'net will also have the current >> date >> for create date; they obviously weren't written on the day you downloaded >> them. >> >> MS calls it a "feature". >> >> Pop` >> >> >>
Guest ... et al. Posted September 12, 2007 Posted September 12, 2007 Re: Creation date if after modified date > "Harvey" <Harvey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> Thanks for your reply. It seems if files keep thier creation >> date constant and change thier modified dates during moving >> from machin to machin it's less confusing. I can't think of any >> benefit for the current setting. >>> Harvey wrote: >>>> How can creation date for a file be after its modified date?! It's because the programmers writing the OS, or likely their bosses doesn't understand that a digital copy is the original. If not, it is not a copy but a corrupt file. -- Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion. Please followup in the newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.
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