Keep modification date of original file

[tobihagemann]

The enhancement would be to keep the modification date (and maybe other dates as well like "created" and "last opened") of the original file.

Two challenges:

1. Depending on the source, it's probably not possible to retrieve the original dates.
2. It has to be implemented for each cloud storage service, not certain about the complexity yet.

[masvil]

In which scenario do you think this feature can be useful?

[tobihagemann]

I'm not sure yet, it has been a feature request by a user. It's quite similar to this feature request for the desktop application: cryptomator/cryptomator#220

I think it's just that some people like their metadata? I'm actually not sure about this issue either, so it's open for discussion. 😄

[Intuitivi]

I think that it makes totally sense to let the original dates after the encryption. I have the same problem with a ton of files that I have uploaded and now I am not able to recognise the newer files from the older ones anymore. All the files have the same date, the one when they have been copied. That is actually a big problem.

[overheadhunter]

As mentioned by @tobihagemann this might be a cloud-dependent feature. Not sure, if all storage backends support storing/modifying file metadata. But a "best effort" solution should be feasible. For the clouds, that don't allow changing creation/modification date just no-op silently.

[Intuitivi]

The cloud system I am using is Google Drive and when I copy a file directly into a Google Drive folder, the modified date is kept after the upload. I also tried with Mega in combination with Cryptomator and I have the same problem, all dates are modified to the date & time of copy.

[tobihagemann]

Are we still talking about the iOS app? I'll look into this, but could you please describe the use case for me? From which app did you copy a file into the Google Drive app, where the modified date is kept? So that I can use this as a reference for the Cryptomator app.

[Intuitivi]

No I am using Cryptomator on Mac OS (El Capitan) with Google Drive. When I copy a file with the Finder from the HD to the Cryptomator encrypted vault, all the dates are reset to the current day. When I copy a file from the HD to a Google Drive folder (which is a local folder on the HD too), the original dates are kept. Therefore, the dates seem to reset only when the file is copied to a Cryptomator vault, no matter what the cloud system is.

[tobihagemann]

Then this is the wrong issue, we're only talking about the iOS app here. Please refer to cryptomator/cryptomator#220, thanks! :)

[Intuitivi]

I'm sorry, I didn't get that. Thanks though!

[micha-09]

Are there any News, with iOS / iPad OS? The Problem ist still in Beta 1.5