{"id":1543,"date":"2017-05-21T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.infonautics.ch\/blog\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2025-05-12T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:53:20","slug":"how-to-correct-wrong-file-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infonautics.ch\/blog\/how-to-correct-wrong-file-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Correct Wrong File Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

How To Correct Wrong System Date “Created” And “Modified”<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

A correct ‘creation date’ or ‘date taken’ can be important if\u00a0files should be listed in chronological order. Similarly, various applications demand a correct file date for further data processing.<\/p>\n

But when and where is a file date set and why will it be changed again?<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

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In this post you learn how easily you can\u00a0restore the original modification and creation date of your documents, pictures, videos and audio files.<\/p>\n

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  1. Why Has The \u201eCreation Date\u201c \/ \u201eDate Taken\u201c Been<\/strong><\/a> Chang<\/strong><\/a>ed?<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. What File Dates Do We Distinguish?<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. How To Correct File Date\u00a0\u201cCreated\u201d and\u00a0\u201cModified\u201d And Restore Original \u201eDate Taken\u201c \/ \u201eDate Created\u201c<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Simple And Fast Solutio<\/span>n<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    <\/a>1. Why Has The “Creation Date” \/ “Date Taken” Been Changed?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    The creation date of files can often be changed unintentionally.\u00a0Possible reasons are:<\/p>\n