FolderGrid captures and displays dates & times in two formats:

  1. All datetimes delivered by FolderGrid are GMT by default and use the format defined by RFC1123
  2. All timestamps are delivered and accepted in Unix time (POSIX time)
FolderGrid captures and displays two datetimes and two timestamps for every secured file.

The two datetimes for each file are:
  1. created - the date and time at which FolderGrid first became aware of this file (when it was first provisioned) 
  2. updated - the date and time at which FolderGrid processed any change to the metadata (name, permissions, parent folder, etc...) of this file
The two timestamps for each file are:
  1. source-created - the time when the file content was originally created 
  2. source-updated - the time when the file content was last updated / modified
The created and updated datetimes are fully controlled by FolderGrid and always applicable for each secured file. In contrast, the two timestamps are user editable. If the client used to upload a file does not submit a source-updated timestamp then FolderGrid will use the updated datetime as a default value. If the client used to upload a file does not submit a source-created timestamp then FolderGrid will use the source-updated datetime as a default value.

Note: files secured by uploading them through the WebApp will not be provisioned with a source-updated or source-created timestamp due to web browser limitations. Those timestamps can be applied after upload using direct calls to the FolderGrid API or by leveraging another API interface.