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timestamps [2018_06_25 12:54] – [2 Uploading files from the web] jimtimestamps [2018_06_25 12:56] jim
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 ====== Understanding file timestamps ====== ====== Understanding file timestamps ======
  
-The File Fabric uses [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time|UTC]] as an independent time format. This means that times for files are shown as UTC times and UTC is used to enable the File Fabric to understand whether a file needs to be updated or versioned.+The File Fabric does not store any files and it works with remote copies of data that it has indexed. It uses [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time|UTC]] as an independent time format to display information about files. This means that times for files are shown as UTC times and UTC is used to enable the File Fabric to understand whether a file needs to be updated or versioned.
  
 ===== 1 File modified times ===== ===== 1 File modified times =====