Come on Adobe. Fix this already.

Just an update on this, we've experienced this issue since the Apple Silicon Macs came out (Intel Macs don't seem to be affected).

Previously we thought it was limited to links that were on a linux server we were connecting to over afp. As a workaround, in previous versions of Illustrator we could set Illustrator to "Open using Rosetta", and that would fix the issue.

It looks like the open with Rosetta option has been removed in Illustrator 2025, and now we are seeing this issue with links that are on a Windows server connected with SMB too.

Still showing the wrong date in version 30.0... please fix, it's been years since this has worked correctly.

Your incompetence seems to include the dates shown in the Links window (pallet) Regardless of the real creation and modification date and time of the linked files, it will show Feb 6, 2040 at 6:28:15 AM for both Created and Modified. Your new Illustrator 2026 version 30.0 still has this same problem.

***EDIT: I created this comment as a new "idea" (I call it a complaint, but whatever...) The folks at Adobe "combined" my "idea" with this one, because it's a similar issue. All well and good there... but they didn't move my screenshots. So that's not cool. My other point is that instead of taking time to combine my "idea" with this one, they should take the time to FIX THE PROBLEM.***

Each time an Illustrator file get saved, it changes ALL THREE date/time fields: Date Created, Date Added and Date Modified.

Date Created and Date Added SHOULD NOT get changed. The only field that should change is DATE MODIFIED.

Date Created and Date Added must stay as the original Date and Time... otherwise we don't have a record of when we first created a file.

Adobe has known of this issue for YEARS but they're not addressing the problem

This bug has been going on for YEARS.

Date Added and Date Created get changed to whatever date and time you re-save a file. That's ridiculous. Come on Adobe, fix this!

It doesn't matter what file or what link is placed. If I select any link in any file I have created over the last 4 years.... They all say the exact same date....Feb 06, 2040

The Dates are NOT correct in the Links pallets. Not only does it say the same for the creation & modification dates. It is from the future 2040??!!!

Please fix this!!!!!!!

I am using OS Sequoia 15.4.1_ Illustrator 29.5.1

It's Nov 2024 and this is still an issue. I can't believe the basic functionality of the Mac finder doesn't work correctly with Adobe Illustrator. and no one at Adobe seems to care :-/
Mac M3 OS Sonoma v 14.4.1 Illustrator 28.71

This is a Critical issue. There could be many potential lawsuits Against Adobe around copyright issues. Everyone relies on creation date to show they originated an idea. If someone copies your work and says it was their idea, you need this creation date as evidence that you created it first. Adobe, this is a basic cornerstone of file documentation. If you can't get this right, the house can come tumbling down. Thank you for reading.

This is Critical! Not finding any resolution for this problem for a few years now.

Mac Studio M2, 96gb, 2tb internal, files saved to 12tb external drive. macOS 13.6.1 / Adobe Illustrator 28.1

EXAMPLE:

Create new document and save the file. Time stamp, "Created: Dec 20, 2023 at 2:07:15 PM" Now make some changes and do some work, saving the file every few minutes. Hours later, after you have saved the file once more... "NOT SAVE AS" just save... Go look at the last modified dated and it shows "Modified: Dec 20, 2023 at 5:28:35 PM". Now look at the created date and it has changed and becomes the same as the modified time stamp "Created: Dec 20, 2023 at 5:28:35 PM"

Again, no matter how many time you "Save" (NOT SAVE AS) it will always change the created date to be the same as modified date.

"Created: Dec 20, 2023 at 5:28:35 PM"
"Modified: Dec 20, 2023 at 5:28:35 PM"

This is most critical in production for business for keeping up with accurate time stamping.

Please help!

FIX THE DATE MODIFIED TO ACTUALLY REFLECT THE DATE A FILE WAS MODIFIED.... THIS IS SUCH A CRITICAL ISSUES THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN 5 YEARS!!!

@Terry, ah, I see the problem now. This is not what I meant :) I assumed it’s about creating a file initially, and not consecutive saves.
Does not happen on Windows, the creation date stays unchanged when a file is saved. It gets overwritten only if I decided to Save As into the same file.

Replying to Egor,
Sorry, no, you are not getting this right. ;-)

Creation date and modified dates should be SEPARATE dates. Ai is changing the creation date to the modified date (e.g. anytime you save the file both dates are changed to the 'modified date'--see attached file that was created at 2:00 PM and now says 3:56 PM).

How is this still an issue for Illustrator 2022 after it was finally fixed last year? Need to keep track of time spent on files – not to mention basic organization.

The title pretty much says it. I'm on OS Monterey 12.4. We have already tried with Ai 26.3.1, 25.0 and, 24.0 version with the help of an Adobe agent over a remote session but issue remains same. In the Finder, when I open a window, I can list the files ordered by Date Modified, but within Illy, it's ONLY Date Created. There is no way to get it to show Modified. I got a new (to me) system about a month or so, and installed the newest version of Illy, and that's when this started. My old versions showed Date Modified. I'm at a loss.

Modify date gets written for any new file and matches the creation date. It's not a thing that Ai specifically does, it's just normal.
Am I getting this right? Why do you want to not have a date modified?

My Illustrator file's created date would be saved as the modified date. How to solve this?
I'm using Illustrator 26.0.2 on Mac Big Sur 11.6.2

Mac Illustrator 2020 & 2021 are still changing the Creation Dates to Modification Dates whenever the files are saved. It's September 2021 already so I have had this issue for more than a year already! Illustrator 2020 & 2021 are the only software that are doing this!

My computers:
2020 iMac 27", 8-core i7, 72GB RAM, 8GB VRAM, OS Catalina 10.15.7
2015 MBP 15", 4-core i7, 16GB RAM, 2GB VRAM, OS Catalina 10.15.7

Ditto.

date modified – date created = how long I've been working with the AI file/project
veeeeery important!!!

(AI v24.3.0 / macOS Mojave v10.14.6)