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Forum Discussion
Date of uploaded items changes to today when I copy or upload to Dropbox
Hi everybody, I have a dropbox account and I'm uploading and copying pictures and documents to my account. But there is a problem. The date of the pictures and documents changes in the date of today...
esthera wrote:
I have a dropbox account and I'm uploading and copying pictures and documents to my account. ... The date of the pictures and documents changes in the date of today ...
This is normal if you're uploading files to your account. The files are newly created on the Dropbox server, so their date will show the date that the file was created in Dropbox. This is the same as when you download a file from some website to your computer. The downloaded file will have the date and time of the download because the file is being newly created on your computer.
If you want to maintain the files' original modified date, install the Dropbox application on your computer and allow the files to sync to your account instead of manually uploading them.
Recently, Dropbox started changing the date of my downloaded photos from my cell phone.
Before, it uploaded my photos with the date the photo was taken.
Now it uploads them putting the current time on the file.
This messes up sorting files by date if I don't upload a file for a day/week/month.
How can I get it to use the date taken, the original date of the photo file.
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey HR_Pilot - thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Could you please clarify your device's OS version and the version of the Dropbox mobile app installed there as well?
Also, could you confirm that you're referring only to files you've uploaded via the Camera Uploads feature and not manually through the (+) button within the mobile app?
When did you first notice this issue by the way?
Any additional information or screenshots are more than welcome!
