Why do document timestamps have the wrong time?

If you create a document in M-Files, the Created timestamp shows the time when the document is created in the vault. If you drag and drop a file to create a document in M-Files, the Created timestamp shows when the document is added to M-Files. In other words, it is not the original creation time of the file. As a result, the Last modified timestamp can be earlier than the Created timestamp.

For imported files, the Created timestamp shows the original creation time and not the time that the file was imported to your M-Files vault.

When a document is added to M-Files, M-Files Server stores the Created timestamp in the UTC-0 format and the M-Files client then adjusts the displayed timestamp according to the time zone settings of your operating system.