Hi,

Why not run a quick test and find out?

Bill

"minage" and "maxage" refer to the creation date of the file.

"minlad" and "maxlad' refer to the last write time of the file.

Thanks for the information.

We'd really like to be able to key on the Date Accessed attribute most of all. The problem for us is that our weekly backups change the Date Accessed attributes on all files so that won't work.

The Date Modified (or Date Created for that matter) attribute could work except for the fact that we've got quite a few video files that get viewed from time to time but do not get Modified.

I think this is a task for managment to accept a less than optimal solution.

Note that on later versions of Windows (I think vista and later), last access time stamping is off by default to improve performance.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/filecab/archive/2006/11/07/disabling-last-access-time-in-windows-vista-to-improve-ntfs-performance.aspx

Bill

• Proposed as answer by Bigteddy Thursday, April 05, 2012 1:41 PM
• Marked as answer by Sandy Wood Thursday, April 05, 2012 3:04 PM

Thanks for the info Bill. The files we're zeroing in on are hosted on a Windows 2003 file server and do have the last access time stamped.

Hi,

Here's some more useful information:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2011/10/10/10222560.aspx

Keep in mind that due to these factors, the last access time may not be as useful as you might think (e.g., accessing a file's property sheet will update its last access time).

Bill

• Proposed as answer by Bigteddy Thursday, April 05, 2012 1:40 PM

Yes, that's what we're finding. Almost every action seems to change the last ac

According to my tests, "minage" and "maxage" actually refer to the date modified, not the date created.

I am posting this in case it is helpful to others.

• Proposed as answer by Dacota 17 hours 55 minutes ago
• Marked as answer by Bill_StewartModerator 17 hours 40 minutes ago

According to my tests, "minage" and "maxage" actually refer to the date modified, not the date created.

I am posting this in case it is helpful to others.

• Proposed as answer by Dacota Friday, February 13, 2015 5:36 PM
• Marked as answer by Bill_StewartModerator Friday, February 13, 2015 5:50 PM

• Proposed as answer by Dacota 17 hours 54 minutes ago

• Proposed as answer by Dacota Friday, February 13, 2015 5:36 PM