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BetterRed · 02-15-2017, 04:19 PM

@Rellwood -see posts 65-70

Create Date is not available on Linux and OSX, i.e. it's only available on Windows.

And on Windows the Create Date is the date/time that a particular instance of a file was created. Below you see what happens when a file is copied, the copy's Created date/time is set to when the copy took place.

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AFAIK the create date/time of the files are not stored when they are moved into a ZIP or RAR archive. When I unpack a zip with Windows Explorer or WinRAR the create date of the files in the unpacked folder is the current date/time.

So I would assume when calibre extracts ebook files from a ZIP or RAR the create date/time will be the current date/time - which is effectively the same as calibre's timestamp/Date column.

BR

02-15-2017, 04:19 PM	#106
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,811 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Rellwood -see posts 65-70 Create Date is not available on Linux and OSX, i.e. it's only available on Windows. And on Windows the Create Date is the date/time that a particular instance of a file was created. Below you see what happens when a file is copied, the copy's Created date/time is set to when the copy took place. AFAIK the create date/time of the files are not stored when they are moved into a ZIP or RAR archive. When I unpack a zip with Windows Explorer or WinRAR the create date of the files in the unpacked folder is the current date/time. So I would assume when calibre extracts ebook files from a ZIP or RAR the create date/time will be the current date/time - which is effectively the same as calibre's timestamp/Date column. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 02-15-2017 at 05:37 PM. Reason: Grammar - I need Language Tools in BB Edit :)