Incorrect File Creation & Modification Dates

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1. Tested on GS/OS 6.0.1 and Mac OS X 10.4.11 (with daylight savings on),
using a DiskCopy 6 disk image.
2. Compare Creation & Modification dates of the same files in the Finders
of both systems.

The dates should be displayed the same on both systems, but they aren't.

The file Creation Date displayed on the Mac is always empty ("--").

The file Modification Date is off by 1 hour (Mac side is +1 hour). This
suggests a time zone miscalculation error.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gc...@me.com on 26 Apr 2009 at 6:10

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I think the creation date is a limitation of MacFUSE.  Files mounted via SSHFS 
also show a creation date of -- (or 
Dec 31, 1903 7:00 PM)

Original comment by ksherl...@gmail.com on 28 Apr 2009 at 2:46

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From Mr MacFuse himself:

http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse/browse_thread/thread/d5bed40c0bf497cb/76d
2288354625ffb?
lnk=gst&q=creation+date

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Of course there's no extended attribute in Mac OS X for the creation 
date. 

The reason MacFUSE doesn't support the creation date has nothing to do 
with Tiger compatibility. It has to do with the fact that MacFUSE is 
compatible with the cross-platform FUSE API. 

I have thought about extending the MacFUSE API, perhaps such that file 
systems can optionally use the extended API if they choose to be NOT 
cross platform. However, these are all "thoughts" so far--I have no 
timeframe for such extensions yet. 
Amit
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Original comment by ksherl...@gmail.com on 28 Apr 2009 at 2:59

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should be fixed in r4

Original comment by ksherl...@gmail.com on 10 May 2009 at 4:10

• Changed state: Fixed

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I tried with r4, but don't see any difference. This is on Mac OS X 10.4.11 with
MacFUSE 2.0.2, using your test.dmg.

Original comment by gc...@me.com on 18 May 2009 at 12:59

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Further to my last comment (which was on 10.4.11 PPC), I've tested on 10.5.7 
Intel,
and the Modification Date appears to display correctly there (though Creation 
Date is
still blank). So it seems either Tiger or PPC isn't working as expected.

Original comment by gc...@me.com on 18 Jul 2009 at 12:51