# Why are Directory Modification Times not preserved?
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-are-directory-modification-times-not-preserved/1791
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 4, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-are-directory-modification-times-not-preserved/1791 "2015-02-04T13:10:53Z")
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### Author:  [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/why-are-directory-modification-times-not-preserved/1791/2 "2015-02-04T13:52:44Z")
It seems it was supported:
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> If I sync a file, the metadata on the target is different from on the source. So… far I have only checked output from stat, not xattrs.
But if you do a quick search on the forum:
> [@v0.9.0 beta testing \[beta testing is over\]](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/v0-9-0-beta-testing-beta-testing-is-over/565):
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> Beta9 [v0.9.0-beta9](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta9) fixes bugs and contains smaller tweaks. This will be the last beta. Beta8 [v0.9.0-beta8](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta8) introduces a faster hasher, slightly reduced memory usage, and more GUI languages (de, el, en, es, fr, it, pt, ru, sv). Beta7 [v0.9.0-beta7](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta7) introduces a different, forward compatible packet format, compression can be disabled, UI is event driven (quicker to reflect what happens, uses less CPU). This should be very close to a real v0.9.0 release, unless I hear screaming… Beta6 [v0.9.0-beta6](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta6) …
Beta 3 explains why.
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