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trinhanhduc
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago
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Dropbox is showing the wrong date for an uploaded image

i uploaded a picture to dropbox, despite the fact that it was taken and modified a year ago, When I uploaded it to Dropbox, it said that the file was modified a minute ago and was placed in the wrong...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    6 months ago

    Thanks for the info. When you upload files to the Dropbox site directly, the modification date is for the exact date and time of the upload. 

    It wouldn't have the original date and time the image was taken or modified prior to the upload.

    If you want to keep the original date and time, you would need to use the Dropbox desktop application, and move the file into the Dropbox folder for the file to sync with the correct details. 

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Jay
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6 months ago

Hi trinhanhduc, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Did you upload the image to the Dropbox site directly, or via a manual upload in the Dropbox desktop application?

This will help me to assist further!

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trinhanhduc
Explorer | Level 4
6 months ago

I uploaded the image to the Dropbox site directly

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    6 months ago

    Thanks for the info. When you upload files to the Dropbox site directly, the modification date is for the exact date and time of the upload. 

    It wouldn't have the original date and time the image was taken or modified prior to the upload.

    If you want to keep the original date and time, you would need to use the Dropbox desktop application, and move the file into the Dropbox folder for the file to sync with the correct details. 

    • trinhanhduc's avatar
      trinhanhduc
      Explorer | Level 4
      6 months ago

      Does dropbox on Android keeps the same date and time when turning on camera upload 

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
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        6 months ago

        Hey trinhanhduc, when using Camera Uploads, the date and time taken is appended to the name of the file, so I believe that should help.

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