In principle the date created cannot change, but in reality it can. I’ve noticed it myself, but I haven’t determined what might cause it to happen. It can cause problems, such as in figuring out which of two related, similarly-named files came first.
From: Brian Vogel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2015 12:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Is There a Way For Me to Change... Date created cannot be changed through any easy means since it's meant to denote when file was actually created. What gets shown by default in the generic "date" field in Windows Explorer is not date created, but date modified. Any time a file is edited by any program that makes any changes that get saved the date modified will be updated. Date created remains fixed at the date the file was created on the system. You get some interesting results when you copy files with regard to these two dates. The copied versions will have a date created of the date & time when you pasted them. However, their date modified will be carried over from the original files, so you can have something that shows a date created of today but a date modified of three years ago. Brian
