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Monday, May 28, 2018 6:04 PM
Windows 10 x64 Version 1803 (IS Build 17134.48)
I was looking at a list of files and noticed something odd about the value in the Date column so I added all of the specific date types:
Some of the files have the date modified in the Date field. Others have the date created. I thought the default Date field contained the last date the file was modified but apparently that is not the case.
What controls this?
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Monday, May 28, 2018 6:28 PM
Hi,
The default date column is "Modified Date" as far as I know.
For example, if you create new files, the last "Modified Date" will be the "Creation Date".
I believe the default behavior of File Explorer in Windows depends on what kind of folder is containing the files.
Windows auto-detects this depending of the file types that are inside the folder.
For example, if you have a folder with a lot of pictures, Windows optimizes the folder appearance for photos automatically, such as a column for "Tags", and the "Date" column goes by "Date Created" in case you crop or adjust the photo and still want to sort by the date you took it (not when you modified it).
It's a bit messy, hope you get anything that I just wrote :-)
Best regards,
Leon
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Monday, May 28, 2018 9:42 PM
>Windows auto-detects this depending of the file types that are inside the folder.
Please note that the files in the one folder have different values for the Date column. Some have date created and others have date modified so it is not consistent for all files in a folder.
Please also note the for the same file types (i.e. Virtual Disk Image) one has the creation date in the Date column and another has the modified date in the Date column.
Monday, May 28, 2018 9:57 PM
The "Date" column takes the earlier of "Date created" and "Date modified".
It appears that if you copy a file for example the "Date created" of the file copy is the current date, while the "Date modified" is carried over from the original file.
In this case the "Date Modified" contains more information about when the content was created or changed, so it might be more relevant to some users than the date the file was copied.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2018 8:45 AM
Hi Saberman,
Based on my test, it's up to the file type.
Either copying or new created file, the date is the same as the modified date.
However, folder and image file. the date is the same as the created date.
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Thursday, May 31, 2018 7:32 AM
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