Pictures lose 'date created' when moved to external drive

[daversion]

Hello. I have a rule which does the following:

Takes my files from my Dropbox folder
Renames them based on the 'date created'
Moves them into a folder on my external drive in two rules
First rule sorts them to a folder with the 'date created' year
Second rule sorts them into a subfolder with the 'date created' month

So basically it does this /DropboxFolder/img.jpg -> ExternalDrive/2016/12/2016-12-01.jpg

My problem is upon the initial move to the external drive (I believe), the 'date created' is getting reset to the date it was moved.

Any thoughts how to optimize my rules to allow it to properly sort based on 'date created'?
I saw there was a "sync" method I could use, maybe try that and delete the original?

[Mr_Noodle]

You might need to experiment but in general, when you move a file across drives, it's the equivalent of a copy + deletion of the original. The copy will usually have a new created date since it's a new file.

You can try the sync action. I forget if it tries and reset/preserve the creation date but it's worth a shot.