Why does my MUD Identity's date show up like this?

P

Pitch

Can someone help me figure out the reason behind this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/sequoia1234/dateMystery.jpg

The above link is a screenshot of my Microsoft User Folder, taken a few
minutes ago.

Today's date is Saturday, October 22. I'm using Entourage all day
today. I am definitely using the pictured Identity, yet the Identity
folder's date shows up as September 27th, almost a month ago.

I have been seeing this off date for the past few months. The reason
I'm aware of it is because I'm traveling quite a bit, and so I need to
move the MUD Identity from my Office G5 to my Powerbook, and then back
again once I'm home. Initially, I tried doing this by date, but as the
above pic shows, the date is not accurate.

Is this a glitch with Entourage (I'm on v11.2.1)? With Tiger (I'm on OS
10.4.2)?

Or do I not understand the whole date column?

thanks for any clarity on this,

Pitch
 
P

Paul Berkowitz

Can someone help me figure out the reason behind this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/sequoia1234/dateMystery.jpg

The above link is a screenshot of my Microsoft User Folder, taken a few
minutes ago.

Today's date is Saturday, October 22. I'm using Entourage all day
today. I am definitely using the pictured Identity, yet the Identity
folder's date shows up as September 27th, almost a month ago.

I have been seeing this off date for the past few months. The reason
I'm aware of it is because I'm traveling quite a bit, and so I need to
move the MUD Identity from my Office G5 to my Powerbook, and then back
again once I'm home. Initially, I tried doing this by date, but as the
above pic shows, the date is not accurate.

Is this a glitch with Entourage (I'm on v11.2.1)? With Tiger (I'm on OS
10.4.2)?

Or do I not understand the whole date column?

thanks for any clarity on this,
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It's an issue with the Finder, not special to Tiger. It's always been this
way. The Finder only modifies dates of FOLDERS when you "physically" insert
a file into or remove a file (or subfolder) from it, not when a file within
it is modified by an application. Instead of using the Date Modified of the
folder, use the Date Modified of the Database file within it. That's
accurate.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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