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Refuses to preserve correct creation date
I have tried to upload files without losing the original creation date on this main account(which I have a 2TB subscription on), and on a new non-subscription account that I created on a device I’ve ...
Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi AgentOrange, and thanks for posting on our forum.
I’ve passed this along as feedback to our team, so that they can also see your comments about this and take them into consideration.
If there’s something else I can help you with, please let me know.
I also have the same problem with the original 'creation date' being changed to the date the file was uploaded to dropbox. I've read other forums where people complain about the dates changing when downloading the file(s) from DB onto their device, but I also experience this when uploading to DB from my phone.
I tried uploading a file from a desktop computer and the date the doesn't change, but always changes when uploading from a mobile device.
There have been no updates--how does one upload files to from a device to a specific folder on Dropbox and maintain the original creation date? Certainly I can do this if I use an external hard drive for example. As we speak, I am cleaning up my Mac and realizing that I can't sort by date because they are all dated now.
Thanks
- Mark
Super User II
Ariel S.1 wrote:
There have been no updates--how does one upload files to from a device to a specific folder on Dropbox and maintain the original creation date? Certainly I can do this if I use an external hard drive for example. As we speak, I am cleaning up my Mac and realizing that I can't sort by date because they are all dated now.
Thanks
Have you had a look at https://help.dropbox.com/organize/modified-date ?
Thank you and to try and help the next person (because this seems important enough and I spent so much time trying find an existing thread)...the end answer is that one MUST use the Dropbox Computer based app to upload files as opposed to what I had been doing which was when "cleaning' laptop---I would open a browser window and drag the files over in chunks and then delete them from laptop as I went.
Thanks!
- Starvingarchi
I added this as a new feature idea suggestion because honestly it should already be a feature.
Hopefully enough people will see it to vote for it because it’s hard for everyone to see every feature request that they may also need to have, and this just seems like a no-brainer as far as features/functionality goes.
See the request at the link below:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Preserve-file-Creation-Dates-and-other-metadata-in-mobile-app/idi-p/691539After coming across this thread and previous regarding creation dates being over written by uploaded date.
im still looking for the answer to this ?
I did vote for your suggestion btw.
ive tried dropping files in the finder window on laptop DB app but same thing happens.
Megan Is there a resolution for this basic feature everyone is asking for !?
