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What is the "Date" column in Windows 7 explorer? It matches no date column from Windows XP explorer

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I can't get myself to understand what the default "Date" column in Windows 7 Explorer is. It's not the creation date really and it's not the modified date ... What is it? Anyone knows what Microsoft had in mind with this other than trying to confuse its users? There must be some thought to it in te…

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The "Date" column takes the earlier of "Date created" and "Date modified", ignoring "Date accessed", unless there is a "special" date field such as an Exif-header in a JPG, which takes precedence no matter whether it is before or after other dates p…

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