Preserve original modified date of imported mp3 (in tag when exported)

[kendysk]

Hi - I can’t find a setting to preserve an uploaded files modified date. Audacity changes the date when I export the file. I hope that makes sense.

[Trebor]

@kendysk

Audacity changes the date when I export the file.

Generally* if you open an audio file in Audacity then export it you have changed it, (even if you did not edit it).

[ * One exception where the original file is a WAV, exported as WAV with the same sample-rate & bit-depth & dithering is off ].

Audacity is not designed as metadata editor.

[DVDdoug]

And… When you export, Audacity creates an entirely new file (even if you overwrite the old one). So file hasn’t been modified. It’s been newly created or re-created.