How to keep original file creation date

[marc1911]

Hi there,

When I upload a Word document through the Webclient- or CIFS interface, the original creation date of my file changes automatically to the date of today. This is not what I anticipated. Is there any way to keep the original file date when (bulk) uploading? I need to upload financial documents from last year. If I continue the process it looks that all these documents are from july 2007 and this is really not what we want.

Regards,

Marc

[softbless]

Hi Guys,

For those who are looking for original creation and modified date, maybe you could use this tool from Peter Monks :
http://code.google.com/p/alfresco-bulk-filesystem-import/

[amitabhandari1]

Hi softbless,

From alfresco V.333 onwards , you can not make change in the created date .
Although you uses extractor ,  you cannot modify two properties  creator and created date.

Thanks,

[figster]

Ok, so let me make sure I have this clear. If I have version 3.2 I can use the bulk import tool. If I upgrade, will it then no longer be compatible?

[mrogers]

No.     You can set creation date on newer versions of Alfresco.   Whether you can use Peter's import tool is a separate but related  issue.

[danpatterson]

Awesome thread for newbies, derek / tschiller many thanks