Need a script to change the date in the "added" field

[freshair]

I just rebuilt my MM library from backups after my hard drive crashed. Sadly, every date in the "Added" field for each file was reset to today's date.

Does anyone have a script that will modify the MM date used in the "added" field in my library to the "date created" field in the properties for each audio file?

[Eyal]

Try this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51079

[freshair]

Try this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51079

OK, that works if I'm trying to replace one MM "field" with the data from another MM "field". But I've realized that I don't want to use the Timestamp field because if I ever changed file properties (like changing the type of genre), Timestamp reflects the files last modified date.

I need a script/tool that can replace the "added" field with a file system property I don't see tracked by MM, "created" date.

I'm only half-geek and I don't see anything here. Am I missing something?

[nohitter151]

Try this: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51079

OK, that works if I'm trying to replace one MM "field" with the data from another MM "field". But I've realized that I don't want to use the Timestamp field because if I ever changed file properties (like changing the type of genre), Timestamp reflects the files last modified date.

I need a script/tool that can replace the "added" field with a file system property I don't see tracked by MM, "created" date.

I'm only half-geek and I don't see anything here. Am I missing something?

Scripts don't have access to any file properties that are not accessible in MM. Anyway if you copy Timestamp to Added, it is only copied one time. If the timestamp is changed after you run the script the first time, the Added field would not also update.

[freshair]

Thanks! This will get me 95% the way to my goal (the other 5% contained Timestamps from edits).

The one thing I didn't know (and you clarified) is what attributes were in play. Ergo, if Timestamps are pulling from the original file property "Modified" date, I wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking somewhere in MM a field that held the "created" date.

[ZvezdanD]

You could use the RegExp Find & Replace add-on and its "Assign date/time when file is created to Timestamp field" preset, just select Added in the Into combo box instead of Timestamp. However, keep in mind that sometimes the date when a file is created could be newer then the date when it is modified. For example, if you copy a file after its modification, a copied version would have newer the date created.