Unless the file is from a Microsoft Office application, then the “Date Created” is maintained and only the “Date Modified” is changed to the moment of the file copy. Files from all other applications get BOTH fields changed to the moment of copying. Only if you copy the JPEG to another location - then it changes the “Date Created”, but NOT the “Date Modified”. That’s all well and good, but it DOESN’T change that field if the file is a JPEG.
If you change ANY details in the “Comments”, “Keywords”, etc-ad nauseum, then it changes the “Date Modified” timestamp to the day, date and time that change was made. Date Created and Date Modified, are two DIFFERENT things, depending on what KIND of file you’re talking about. Here’s one BIG example, among at least half a dozen that I’ve noticed. The only thing that you can really count on being a “constant” in the details listings is the “filename” field. After hours spent with trying to understand the logic behind the “what and why” of information that is saved in Windows File Explorer (I’ve been a Windows user for nearly 25 years), I’ve come to conclusion that “logic” has very little to do with it.
