Date Attributes, confusing ?


  1. Posts : 1,002
    XP Pro (x86) | 7 HP (x86) & (x64) | 7 Pro (x64)
       #1

    Date Attributes, confusing ?


    How can this be ?
    Modified 4 months before Created
    Date Attributes, confusing ?-dates-attributes-dilema.png

    Downloaded latest UltraSearch portable x64 from Jam Software
    v2.3.2 ... in fact ... v2.3.2.537
    Extracted the ZIP and this strange dates structure is of the extracted UltraSearch.exe

    What am I missing ? Or is the modified date the ZIPPED date ?
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  2. Posts : 6,021
    Win 7 HP SP1 64-bit Vista HB SP2 32-bit Linux Mint 18.3
       #2

    Hi bawldiggle,

    bawldiggle said:
    Downloaded latest UltraSearch portable x64 from Jam Software v2.3.2 ... in fact ... v2.3.2.537. Extracted the ZIP and this strange dates structure is of the extracted UltraSearch.exe.
    What am I missing ? Or is the modified date the ZIPPED date ?
    [1] What is the date of the .exe file?
    [2] Is the date the same if you use 7-Zip?

    The date is probably, as you say, the zipped folder date!
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  3. Posts : 1,002
    XP Pro (x86) | 7 HP (x86) & (x64) | 7 Pro (x64)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I think I got it ?

    Modified date of the extracted EXE is the Signature date in Virus Total -> Details

    @ Paul Black
    Our posts crossed over as I worked it out
    Thanks for your contribution
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    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #4

    Created and Accessed = date you unzipped the file.
    Modified = date developer last modified the file.
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    Win 7 HP SP1 64-bit Vista HB SP2 32-bit Linux Mint 18.3
       #5

    Hi bawldiggle,

    bawldiggle said:
    @ Paul Black
    Our posts crossed over as I worked it out
    Thanks for your contribution.
    You are very welcome, I am glad that you worked it out.
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  6. Posts : 2,468
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    Those dates reflect little from the actual creation or modification dates of any files. They're maintained by the local file system and won't preserve well over transfers and the like. That and the fact that they can be freely modified means that you shouldn't rely at all in them. Little discrepances like this one are commonplace.
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  7. Posts : 1,002
    XP Pro (x86) | 7 HP (x86) & (x64) | 7 Pro (x64)
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Hi Alejandro85

    Thank you for responding.
    I know MS Copy/Move are very unreliable ... there is a wiki page with a list of different behaviours depending MS OS type and for the life of me I cannot find it now.

    One day I will find a copy/move prog/trick to work around Windows foibles ... low priority until I really need it.
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