date parameter - metadata

[fly_mo]

Hello All,
I have everything working in the search side, but still having a problem with the date sort order.
All the files that I'm using (approx 100) were all batch created on the 8th Feb 2007 - so the creation date and modified date is the 8th Feb 2007. When I try to sort by date the search is a mess and not chronological . I have also tried several utilities to edit these dates but none will actually edit the meatadata in the files themselves .

2 questions:
1- what date does the search engine use for filtering (created or modified)?
2- Any ideas on how to edit that metadat without resetting my computer clock for each file and re-saving..

Many thanks
John

[Ray]

1.) Zoom uses the last modified date of the file.

2.) You can specify a meta tag with a last-modified date that will override the actual file's date. Please see chapter 7.7 "Specifying a last-modified date for your web pages" in the Users Guide:
http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/usersguide.html

As example would be,
<meta http-equiv="Last-Modified" content="Sat, 07 Apr 2001 00:58:08 GMT">

[fly_mo]

Hello Ray,
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I couldn't get this to work on a pdf ( I should've mentioned that )

Thanks again

John

[Ray]

Not a problem, with PDF files, you can create a .DESC file containing this meta tag. See this FAQ for info:
http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/support...html#descfiles