Incorrect date on OneDrive files

All Word docs are showing ‘Dec 31 1969’ as the date last opened. Why?! How to fix this issue??

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 17, 2022 12:34 PM

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Barney-15E

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Sep 17, 2022 10:13 PM in response to Mamaw2H

Date last opened is metadata. It may be that date last opened does not exist, so it substituted one time period prior to the Unix epoch.

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Incorrect date on OneDrive files

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