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Files app changes date-time fingerprint when moving files (it especially messes up the Timeline for images in the Gallery app)

Summary

Files app changes date-time fingerprint when moving files (it especially messes up the Timeline for images in the Gallery app)

The problem

Steps to reproduce

Move an older image (photo or screenshot) to a new folder using the Files app.

  • Check the Details for the file moved
  • Check the Gallery's Timeline

What is the current behavior?

  • The Details of the moved file/image read a recent date and time
  • The moved image is displays as first in the Timeline in the Gallery.

What is the expected correct behavior?

The date and time shall not be updated to the moved files and images. It is an unorthodox behavior across many OS. The moved image shall not be showed as first in the Timeline. It was not created or manipulated recently. It was only assigned a different location within the filesystem.

The date that should be taken into account for a picture in /e/OS Gallery and /e/OS File manager is the one set in Taken on and not the one set in Last modified on;
Screenshot_20221101-124517_Files

Technical informations

Relevant logs (adb logcat)

Relevant screenshots

Solutions

Workaround

None to my knowledge

Possible fixes

Edited by Aude M