I can't get myself to understand what the default "Date" column in Windows 7 Explorer is. It's not the creation date really and it's not the modified date ... Qu'est-ce que it?
Anyone knows what Microsoft had in mind with this other than trying to confuse its users? There must be some thought to it in terms of its relevance and usability.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
Qu'est-ce que the "Date" column in Windows 7 explorer? It matches no date column from Windows XP explorer
Re: Qu'est-ce que the "Date" column in Windows 7 explorer? It matches no date column from Windows XP explorer
The "Date" column takes the earlier of "Date created" and "Date modified", ignoring "Date accessed", **unless** there is a "special" date field such as an Exif-header in a JPG, which takes precedence no matter whether it is before or after other dates present... just as @Richard guessed:
The **reasoning** seems to be that when you copy a file, the "Date created" of the file copy is the current date, while the "Date modified" is carried over from the original file. So in this case the "Date Modified" contains *more* information about when the content was created/changed, so *might* be more relevant to some users than the date the file was copied.
The **reasoning** seems to be that when you copy a file, the "Date created" of the file copy is the current date, while the "Date modified" is carried over from the original file. So in this case the "Date Modified" contains *more* information about when the content was created/changed, so *might* be more relevant to some users than the date the file was copied.