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matboro1
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10 days ago

I automated a folder on my Dropbox account, but one of my files was moved to the wrong subfolder.

I am creating an automatic action that moves files to a directory after the creation date (year) and moved the file from December 30, 2025 to the 2026 folder     Why? 
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matboro1
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5 days ago

no, this file is the only one with this error - I suspect it may be related to the end of the year (only then it turns out that the dropbox server clock is shifted)

I see 2 entries in the version history: addition (from the PC level) and modification (from the browser level - it is probably an automatic transfer to a given folder) - I compared it with another file from December 20, 2025, which "moved" well and has similar entries

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    Nancy
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    5 days ago

    Thanks for the additional details, matboro1! It’s possible that this could be related to the server, but it’s hard to tell for sure, since this has affected only one of your files. 

    If you encounter the same issue in the future though, I'd like you to let us know here and we’ll be more than happy to investigate this further.

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