Folder Create Date and time incorrect

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chrisstargiotti
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Folder Create Date and time incorrect

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Hi, I've noticed that with each backup the application creates a folder, but the windows OS timestamp on the folder does not match the actual date/time it was created. The application log file does show the correct date/time of creation.

I've noticed that when backing up an external drive it always has a created date/time of Thursday, August 23, 2019, 4:09:47 PM. That Date and time are always the same. As you can see in the attached screenshot, the folder name is the correct date and time, the system listed created date and time are incorrect. This backup was performed on 2022-06-26, not 2019-08-29.

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It's not really a problem, just curious if there's anything I can do to make it accurate.

Thanks, Chris
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Re: Folder Create Date and time incorrect

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Hmm... cannot reproduce the issue. Does this only happen when backing up an external drive or does it happens with any source for you?
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But you are copying the timestamps from the source, right?
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Re: Folder Create Date and time incorrect

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I am having the same time stamp issue. all backups have the same stamp - Shared 19-01-2023. Make its difficult to identify which backup to go to
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:shock:
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Re: Folder Create Date and time incorrect

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Hi,
here the same, each folder of the daily backup (at 18h00) has 05/09/2023 12:38 .
And on top comes since a few days, the 18h00 back-up starts at 17h00 .
I was sitting last night to figure out the summer/winter time on WIN10, but the computer
time is perfectly correct. A *.doc document is saved from Word at the correct time.
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There is a missunderstanding here:

The date on the file/folder NAME will never (or almost never) be the same that the time stamp. The time stamp is copied from the source (if this option is checked). The date of the file NAME is the date when the task ended.
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Re: Folder Create Date and time incorrect

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That's how the destination folder looks.
Always the same date and time. (Cobian time.jpg)

I created a clone from the task and delete than the original.
Unfortunately no change. PC is time 17h00 and the clone was supposed to start at 18h00, but started at 17h00 .
In the log file it even says 18h00. see Cobian tim 2
2023-10-25 18:00:01 A backup has started...
2023-10-25 18:00:01 Calculating the number of files. This could take a while...

2023-10-25 18:00:03 Backing up the task "Thunderbird daily 18h00"
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Hmm.. One hour difference... Perhaps an UTC problem? Is the engine running as a service? If you change the installation type to Application, do you still see the same problem?
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Re: Folder Create Date and time incorrect

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Hi,
I have the same problem...
Cobian Reflector v2.5.00
Install: Application mode
1 hour difference after recharge.
Left: Test - restored
Right: Original
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