Creation Creation Date = Change Creation Date

[Hurdet]

Do it is possible to sets the creation date/time of <files > to the modification date/time self?

[sqa_wizard]

Sure you can:

Mark all files of interest.
Use "Files - Change Attributes"
Click on "More attributes"
Select "tc - creationdate" and the "+" to choose "tc - writedate"
Click on "More attributes"
Select "tc - creationtime" and the "+" to choose "tc - writetime"

You may press F2 to save this settings.

Finally press "OK" to do the changes.

[Hurdet]

ty

[Gral]

Sure you can:

Mark all files of interest.
Use "Files - Change Attributes"
Click on "More attributes"
Select "tc - creationdate" and the "+" to choose "tc - writedate"
Click on "More attributes"
Select "tc - creationtime" and the "+" to choose "tc - writetime"

You may press F2 to save this settings.

Finally press "OK" to do the changes.

Actually "creationdate" set both: date and time, there's no need to set additionally "creationtime" (which is usefull for set time ONLY, with different DATE).

[warter]

Unfortunately timestamp precision is insufficient.
Total commander stores time with precision in seconds but windows NTFS uses time resolution 10 million per second => 100 ns (nanosecond) = 0.000 000 1 second.

[Horst.Epp]

Unfortunately timestamp precision is insufficient.
Total commander stores time with precision in seconds but windows NTFS uses time resolution 10 million per second => 100 ns (nanosecond) = 0.000 000 1 second.

You have files for which you need that precision ?

[warter]

You have files for which you need that precision ?

WinRAR stores timestamp with high precision, but if timestamp is set via Total commander, then "rar archive" size and crc will be different.

[Gral]

Why you want change if you need no change?

JUST DON'T CHANGE!

[warter]

Why you want change if you need no change?

JUST DON'T CHANGE!

For example...

1. i got file "\Backup\abc.dbc" size 1500 MB (NTFS timestamp eg 27.5.2011 15h : 20m : 55s : 852ms : 999µs : 800ns)
2. I will create rar multivolume archive splited eg. 3x 500 mb => abc.part1.rar, abc.part2.rar, abc.part3.rar
3. Files are upload on server, one of file is damaged expired and need to be reuploaded.
4. I dont keep archived files so i need recreate missing rar part, note archive may contain also folders and they can change timestamp when you copy/moves inside/outside folder.
This is one reason why timestamp need better precision, becuase if you set time 27.5.2011 15h : 20m : 55s for folder a recreate multi-volume archive crc will mismatch also whole archive size will be different!

[MVV]

Are you sure your archives store creation dates for files? In my test case WinRAR stores modification dates only (and I need additional option in order to store creation dates) so there is no need to change creation date.
Anyway, repacking multi-volume archive is a very unreliable way to get 100% same volumes: e.g. if you update WinRAR it may work in a bit different way...

[warter]

Are you sure your archives store creation dates for files? In my test case WinRAR stores modification dates only (and I need additional option in order to store creation dates) so there is no need to change creation date.
Anyway, repacking multi-volume archive is a very unreliable way to get 100% same volumes: e.g. if you update WinRAR it may work in a bit different way...

WinRAR stores modification date by default, but can store and recreate also created and last accessed timestamp.
Anyway i guess NTFS TimeStamp Implementation would be good idea, TC still uses old FAT32 timestamp.

Also folders have own created and accessed timestamp, but windows displays only modified timestamp. I can use old WinRAR to recreate archives, the only problem is timestamp.

[MVV]

I think you can try to set some specific timestamp for all files/folders to be packed in order to simplify further operations. So all timestamps will use old good precision.