# FEATURE: keep original file datetime

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-keep-original-file-datetime/16009
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [August 14, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-keep-original-file-datetime/16009 "2014-08-14T12:22:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![rogic](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rogic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rogic)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-keep-original-file-datetime/16009/1 "2014-08-14T12:22:38Z")

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MP3Tag is awesome, and this is the only feature I need: to keep original file date (e.g. not to modify it when changing tags/cover)

Reason is, I usually sort music in folders by file date, and changing tags breaks the time sort.

Anyone else needs this?

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### Author: ![rogic](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rogic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rogic)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-keep-original-file-datetime/16009/2 "2014-08-14T12:27:57Z")

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I downloaded latest version minutes ago, and I tested it - it does keep file dates intact... but only when you change the tags/filename...

It seems that it doesn't work if you modify the cover image...

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### Author: ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-keep-original-file-datetime/16009/3 "2014-08-14T12:38:44Z")

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Are you talking about the date\_time of the creation of the file or the date\_time of the last change?

Did you enable File -\> Options -\> General -\> Preserve file modification time ... ?

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### Author: ![rogic](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rogic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rogic)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-keep-original-file-datetime/16009/4 "2014-09-09T08:33:03Z")

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I completely missed this option, thanks a bunch.

Does it keep the file date even if I change the album art?

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-keep-original-file-datetime/16009/5 "2014-09-09T08:53:21Z")

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> [@ReTox](#):
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> Does it keep the file date even if I change the album art?

Try it out for yourself.

Create a column in Mp3tag listview.  
Name: File Mod DT  
Value: %\_file\_mod\_datetime%  
Field:  
SortBy: %\_file\_mod\_datetime\_raw%  
Numerical: on

DD.20140909.1253.CEST