Is it possible to have something like "date added"?

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abr01
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Is it possible to have something like "date added"?

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I have a filter, that shows all stuff on a USB drive, that is newer than two weeks, using the dc command for that, which works most of the time. But some of the added items are actually older than the given filter, therefore it wouldn't catch them, of course.

So, is there any way to filter items, that were currently added to that medium, within the boundaries of the filter? Date modified also doesn't work here. But maybe there's a trick to achieve it?
void
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Re: Is it possible to have something like "date added"?

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I'm not to sure how "date added" would be any different to date created.

Maybe the index journal can help here:

Index -> Index Journal
Search for your USB drive.
Look for items with a Folder Create / File Create action.
abr01
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Re: Is it possible to have something like "date added"?

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That gave me only entries from C:\.

But i found a solution, where i would first change the modified time stamp and then filter for that. One thing, i don't want to open an extra thread for this detail, since it'e in the same button, what do i have to change to catch all items from drive Z:, plus all subfolders, where date modified has changed?

I guess Z:\* isn't sufficient.

Z:\* dm:<2weeks !child-count-from-disk:0 !Original

EDIT: Z:\*\ seems to work like intended :idea:
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Re: Is it possible to have something like "date added"?

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By the way, your idea does actually give me some information, but i don't really now how to include it in my Opus button. So i will stick to the other solution. Thanks.
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Re: Is it possible to have something like "date added"?

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catch all items from drive Z:, plus all subfolders, where date modified has changed?
z: depth:<=2


depth:
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Re: Is it possible to have something like "date added"?

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Now it also catches the root, Z:. And i also have changed the depth to 3, yielding more items. I will add that to my private syntax knowledgebase.

Thanks, void.
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