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I have a job that is copying files from a Windows PC to a USB attached Android phone.

In Files / More the "Copied Files Receive Current System Time as Modification Timestamp" setting is not checked.

The destination file ends up with the current system datetime as the Date Modified.

I have tried enabling "Copied Files Receive Current System Time as Modification Timestamp" and running the job, and it sets Date Modified to the current system datetime, but when I disable it for the next test it has no effect. Date Modified still gets current.

Is there a different setting I should be looking at?

To clarify I'd like the target file to end up with the same Date Modified value as the source file.

Hello,
some devices may not allow preserving the timestamps.

I don't think there's much we can do if that is the case.

You can make sure you have a recent Syncovery version (current is 11.15.3) to get the latest fixes.

I'll make some fresh tests here also.

Yes, I have discovered the limitations on this little journey. I ended up enabling developer mode on the phone and installing ADB on the windows PC, the wrote a powershell script to do the actual file copy and use "adb shell touch" to set the modified datetime to the same as the source.

This is mostly a one time copy versus something I need to automate so this approach will work for me. I just tried to take the shortcut and save some time by giving it a try in Syncovery.