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If I try to change the created date of a file that I just scanned in to the date of the date I received the file I see
"Timestamping done: 1 item stamped" but the creation date doesn't change. It does work if I change the modification date. Is this is bug or is this a reason for this? (I made sure there were no file handles open to that file as well.)
I'm using XYplorer 17.00.01
Thank you for any answers you can provide.
Walter
Changing Created Date Timestamp
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Re: Changing Created Date Timestamp
Works fine for me. Did you try it with other files (e.g. in a different folder / drive)?
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Re: Changing Created Date Timestamp
I did. However, all of them were on the same drive. That was a bad test. It works fine when I try it on my local drive. The files for which I'm trying to change the created date are on my NTFS-formatted NAS that I'm accessing via a UNC file path. If I try it for another file on the NAS, it won't work.
Walter
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Re: Changing Created Date Timestamp
Can confirm that now. Works fine on local file systems but not on a NAS accessed via UNC. Only the created date is affected, modified is working correctly. It's not bound to the file system, my NAS uses ext4, not NTFS.It works fine when I try it on my local drive. The files for which I'm trying to change the created date are on my NTFS-formatted NAS that I'm accessing via a UNC file path
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Re: Changing Created Date Timestamp
Cannot confirm for UNC paths in general. Don't have NAS for testing. 
Might be a limitation of NAS or the file system. Can any other app change the Created Date Timestamp?
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Re: Changing Created Date Timestamp
I had reported such a problem a looong time ago, was using my Synology NAS. "Suddenly" Dates (I think it was Created) were not kept using XY-backup to NAS. (Before it worked quite a time without a problem.)
It turned out that after some change on NAS-SW the date could not be changed at all, but always was set to current. (For me: bad on Backup!)
As I understood: XY on Backup first creates the file, then resets the Created to the original. That didn't work any more, as the NAS ignored it.
As I see it it's like that till today, but I'm not on a very current version of DSM. :-(
At least: not an XY problem.
It turned out that after some change on NAS-SW the date could not be changed at all, but always was set to current. (For me: bad on Backup!)
As I understood: XY on Backup first creates the file, then resets the Created to the original. That didn't work any more, as the NAS ignored it.
As I see it it's like that till today, but I'm not on a very current version of DSM. :-(
At least: not an XY problem.