Hi Alexander, Le 10/11/2012 10:44, Alex Thurgood a écrit : > On 11/10/2012 08:17 AM, Jean-Baptiste Faure wrote: > > Hi Jean-Baptiste, > > >> - what the user can do with its old files: I think it is not enough to >> say "you have to convert them with an old version of LibreOffice". For >> example, I have old sdw and sxw files in my laboratory diary and I do >> not want to lose their modification date if I convert them in ODF. What >> should I do and what advice I could give to an end-user who is in the >> same position? >> > You make a good point, but if there are no mechanisms in place to > guarantee the date of creation of the file in the first place, then the > fact that the "last modified" date might get changed when converting to > ODT will not make the file creation date any less valid than the already > suspect "file creation" date. If your lab books/diary, which I'm > assuming are "electronic", do not have a certifiable means of > guaranteeing the date of creation of any added file then the whole point > is moot, since if you can change that date without impacting on file > integrity then you can do pretty much anything you like to your files > and their legal value as elements of proof of creation will be next to > worthless. You are right, of course, but this "electronic" diary does not have any legal value (AFAIK). I want to keep unchanged the modification date because that makes finding files easier and shows that the file has not been written recently.
Best regards. JBF -- Seuls des formats ouverts peuvent assurer la pérennité de vos documents. _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice