Closed Bug 300703 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

Files downloaded using firefox do not have their original date preserved as they do with wget

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

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VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 178506

People

(Reporter: A.Sloman, Unassigned)

References

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4 The date shown for the summary-gc7.pdf file should be 14th April 2005 19486 Apr 14 02:03 summary-gc7.pdf When I download using firefox (or mozilla) the date shown is the date of downloading. This loses very important information about files. People who want to use the download date can easily use 'touch' (at least on unix and linux systems). But at present I am forced to use wget instead of firefox when I want date information preserved. This is often a nuisance as I have to select url in firefox and paste it onto the command line to run wget. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download any file whose last-modfied date you know 2. Check the date shown on the download file I don't use windows myself, but I think firefox has the same problem on my wife's windows machine. Actual Results: Wrong date shown 19486 Jul 14 00:41 summary-gc7.pdf Expected Results: 19486 Apr 14 02:03 summary-gc7.pdf This fault has always existed as far as I know.
*** Bug 300704 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 178506 *** *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 178506 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Apologies for accidentally submitting twice. I was trying to 'vote for this bug' and it would not allow me to check the bug, so I tried going back and then forward. 300704 could be deleted completely. I also apologise for not finding 178506 before posting. I tried checking for duplicates, but searching for download date somehow did not bring it up.
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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