File creation time on Windows vs Linux

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Published on 2012-04-24T11:23:04Z Indexed on 2012/06/06 16:42 UTC
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We have following setup:

  1. mountserver - debian linux
  2. fileserver1 - Windows 2008 R2 Storage server
  3. fileserver2 - Celerra NS20 exporting CIFS share
  4. workstation - windows 7 with mapped drive to share on fileserver2

What we are doing:

  • mounted share from fileserver1 on mountserver, e.g. /shared/fileserver1
  • mounted share from fileserver2 on mountserver, e.g. /shared/fileserver2
  • ran rsync on mountserver to sync data from fileserver1 to fileserver2.Used atime as parameter to sync data not older than X
  • after a while tried to delete data older that Y on /shared/fileserver2.

From what I see, linux stat command on mountserver returns following when quering file on /shared/fileserver2:

Linux file timestamp

At the same time when I open property for the same file using mapped drive connected to fileserver2,I see following for the same file:

Windows file timestamp

As you can see, Created date of 12 August shown in Windows Explorer is nowhere to be seen using stat command

Am I missing something here?

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