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Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:35 pm
by orbspider
It appears that the exif and create date are getting altered by adding categories.
1. add category to files
2. sort by create date,
->files move to end of list.
3. properties > create date (is changed to today's)
Earlier I found that adding a category and sort by exif date,
->files move to top of list
but the exif date is not altered. However I can't reproduce it right now!
I don't think the create date should be effected by adding categories, right?
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:33 am
by xnview
EXIF date is not modified, for created date, settings>General>File operations>Embedded metadata is checked?
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:29 pm
by orbspider
Yes it is checked.
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 2:51 pm
by xnview
orbspider wrote:Yes it is checked.
are you able to reproduce it?
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 12:14 pm
by orbspider
Oui, je peux.
1. copy files to a new folder
2. select sort by Create date
3. select 1st file
4. add a category and apply it
5. press F5
6. file jumps to end of list
7. Open Info pane - Creation date/time: it has changed to today's
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:16 pm
by xnview
i can't reproduce, on which windows? jpeg?
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:32 am
by orbspider
Linux Debian 64bit, jpegs
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:23 am
by xnview
orbspider wrote:Linux Debian 64bit, jpegs
ok, right. Currently on linux i don't know how to change the creation date/time
Re: Adding categories messes with create date
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:27 am
by baptiste
On Unix there is no such thing as "creation time".
There are 3 time values :
- ctime: last time file metadata (name, time, attributes, ACL, ...) was modified
- atime: last time the file content was accessed
- mtime: last time the file content was modified
"ctime" is frequently wrongly documented, including in several Unix variants man pages.