Allow change of mtime and ctime timestamps

[Thomass]

Based on this thread in Community Forum.

​https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/how-to-customize-the-creation-time-ctime/10741

It would be good if Tracker had this function built in by default.

The function should be under "Get Info". The user makes a double click on Created or Modified and a small area appears where the user can change the timestamps.

One user has already made a small template for ctime.

​https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/how-to-customize-the-creation-time-ctime/10741/5

Now mtime is still missing.

More information here. This function exists since BeOS R3 (released in year 1998).

SetModificationTime

​https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/api/classBStatable.html#a1f2b84cea7b32a238b41f97e0264a048

SetCreationTime

​https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/api/classBStatable.html#a6a92b04cda608babf49f70ef4e3a2f36

[pulkomandy]

This is updated when the file is created or modified and I see no reason to manipulate it manually in Tracker? What would be the use case?

[korli]

Sounds like a third-party opportunity (for advanced/power users).

[nettheminionsmelon]

If backup programs did not properly restore the timestamp or if certain archive formats did not store created time by default. There is also a possibility that the location of the timestamp on the disk space is corrupted. Or your computer battery is dead and the clock was wrong when you saved the file.