Thursday, September 24, 2009

Problems with the file creation date

I was setting up a backup script (automated copy routine) and found this interesting write up on the Xcopy site of the various Date stamps used by Windows...

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The problems of the File-Create date can be traced back to
the inconsistency in Microsoft's various file management
utilities. It seems that the purpose of three distinct
variations in the file date values were never clearly defined
by the designer of the feature.
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