Thank you for your bug report, doing a mv by dnd of a folder doesn't modify the mtime here (on xenial or newer), do you still get that issue? If so could you give some details on what the dir is (layourt, filesystem) and how you move it?
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1542146 Title: Nautilus fails to preserve directory timestamp on move Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Move a directory using mv and its mtime will be preserved. Move a directory using Nautilus, and its mtime will be set to the time it was moved. This is a bug. Nautilus preserves mtime for file and directory copies as well as file moves. Moveover, if the user attempts to move a directory that the user does not have permission to delete (e.g. it is owned by another user), a copy will be created with the correct mtime. This indicates that Nautilus is taking an additional step that blats the mtime, but only on moves, and only after they have already successfully created the destination file. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-25.30-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Feb 5 14:08:02 2016 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'group', 'where', 'mime_type', 'owner', 'permissions']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-15 (1025 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130413) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-08-31 (157 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1542146/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp