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martychaos's avatar
martychaos
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

The Badge shows a file was edited 420 years ago

Is anyone else having issues with Badge, randomly showing "<user> last edited this file 420 years ago".   it seems to affect both mac and windows users and appears to be random- in that we can't ...
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  • maxxkayne's avatar
    maxxkayne
    2 years ago

    I know this issue sucks big time, and I hate being the bearer of bad news...but

     

    https://help.dropbox.com/installs/badge-overview

     

    The timing and exact functionality of these features may change, and Dropbox doesn't provide warranties on the performance of these features.

     

     

PN2's avatar
PN2
New member | Level 2

I am having the same issue, where one of my user's file changes are being dated 420 years ago.  Dropbox, please fix this issue!

martychaos's avatar
martychaos
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Hi All,

still no fix, issue still appearing occasionally and as far as I know- no one is changing their file/folder dates to 1601.

I still can not find a replicable cause either.

Hey @dropboxsupport how about addressing this?

 

cheers

  • crthrockmorton's avatar
    crthrockmorton
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    March 2023 and still not fixed.  What is the deal?  I find it hard to believe it's not a Dropbox issue.

    • Tee Dub's avatar
      Tee Dub
      Helpful | Level 6
      2 years ago

      it is completely a dropbox issue that we have complained about for over 4 years now

      they misdirect, absolve themselves of responsibility, and put the ball back in your court to waste even more of your time, and finally get you to quit asking about it and just live with it

      its the most ridiculous issue that could ever be, like computers were around in the 1600's i mean cmon

      no other program, file, or application has this issue and they just keep going in circles with non answers and stupid questions

      • crthrockmorton's avatar
        crthrockmorton
        Helpful | Level 5
        2 years ago

        Yes, I saw the long thread of messages over the last few years.  Thought I'd bring it up again to see if anything will be done but I'm not really expecting a fix.  It's funny how I don't have this issues with an of my other Windows applications.  

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 years ago

      Hi crthrockmorton, if you locate the file in Explorer/Finder, when was the last modification date according to the properties of the file?

       

      Is this occurring for all your files, or only certain ones?

      • Tee Dub's avatar
        Tee Dub
        Helpful | Level 6
        2 years ago

        jay what a funny question, just delay, misdirect, and put the ball back in our court.

        you know **bleep** well that the file wasnt edited in the 1600's.

        we are all having this issue, our company has had it for 4 years

        stop asking stupid questions, fix the issue of it showing the file was edited by a member 420 years ago and be done with this thread

        own it jay, own the issue and resolve it

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