[Digikam-devel] [Bug 199967] New: Creation date newer than last modified date

[Tim Jenness]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199967

           Summary: Creation date newer than last modified date
           Product: digikam
           Version: 1.0.0-beta2
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: tim.jenness at gmail.com


Version:           1.0.0-beta2 (using KDE 4.2.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

Some images (and all videos) do not have an embedded creation date. In the
v0.9.x series the Created date and Last Modified date were picked up from the
last modification date on the file. This is as good a guess as you could make.

In v0.10.0 and later the Creation date adopted by Digikam is the current date
and the last modified date is read from the modification time of the file. This
leads to the ludicrous situation of all files of this type having a creation
date that is newer (sometimes significantly newer) than the modification date
and this can't be the right default state. This is a significant issue since
the photos are sorted by creation date and not by modification date (Which is
correct).

Please restore the old behaviour. I make a point of using "cp -p" when I copy
files precisely so this information won't be lost.

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