Re: creation date handling on mac and pc

["simmosonics" simmosonics]

--- In  Paul Jacobson <> quoted from 
http://thomas.kiehnefamily.us/whats_in_a_creation_date:

"...In the case of Windows, the assumption is that any copy operation creates a 
new file and is treated as a new object, but leaves behind a paradoxical 
situation where the modification date precedes creation. In Macintosh, every 
copy of a file, so long as it is made on a compatible volume, can be traced 
back to the original object by creation date -- in essence, every copy of a 
Macintosh file is simply a new version, not a new object."

Perhaps this has already been said, but...

It would be great if an operating system's metadata kept three dates:

Creation date [when the data in the file was originally captured/created]
Copy date [only filled if the file is a copy]
Modification date [when the file was last modified]

No matter how many copies were made, the Creation date would never change...

- Greg Simmons