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KitchM

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Registered: 2009-08-15

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Thunar Shows Created Date After Modified Date

I am running into a problem on my system when I use Thunar.  I have a bunch of files created in odt and doc format on my Debian 12 ext4 file system.

As can be seen in the attached screenshot, the created column is showing a date that is after the modified column date.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Thanks.

Added later 03 min 47 s:
Darn that image tag!!!!
https://ibb.co/v4bPvgtR

Last edited by KitchM (2026-03-18 16:59:31)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Thunar Shows Created Date After Modified Date

Try to "stat" one of the files with the inconsistent dates:

stat FILENAME

...and check the created/modified dates there to make sure its not a thunar problem.

In Linux, its possible to have this happen because the Created date can be updated if the file is moved to a new location - the "created" date is then updated with the date it is created in this new location and the modified date copied over with the file.

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KitchM

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Re: Thunar Shows Created Date After Modified Date

stat: cannot statx 'Electronic_Books.odt': No such file or directory

Its actually Electronic Books.odt, but then it just returns the same thing with two separate entries.

ToZ

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Re: Thunar Shows Created Date After Modified Date

Try:

stat "Electronic Books.odt"

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KitchM

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Re: Thunar Shows Created Date After Modified Date

Sorry, I missed that.

Here's the important bits:
Access: 2026-02-21 14:50:02.297670332 -0500
Modify: 2022-08-14 13:51:34.028419000 -0400
Change: 2022-12-09 12:09:35.126372251 -0500
Birth: 2022-12-09 12:09:35.126372251 -0500

Thunar agrees, but sadly misleading.