Why do I have files with Date Created of Feb 5, 2040?
I have at least 26 documents with Date Created shown as Feb 5, 2040 10:28 PM.
- The Date Modified seems to be okay, ranging from 9/24/00 to 10/29/12 - except for one that's 12/31/69.
- The Get Information window shows the same dates as the normal Finder window.
- File types are mostly DOC with some JPG and PDF and one TIFF.
- All were created by me over the course of time on a succession of Macs (except for that 12/31/69 PDF, which was downloaded from Garmin) and then migrated.
- Those I've checked have a Last Opened date that's the same as the Date Modified date.
- These documents are all in my Documents folder, in two subfolders, with some of them further down a hierarchy of subfolders.
- I first noticed this a few weeks ago.
- The number of these 2/5/40 documents seems to be increasing.
Does anyone know:
- What could cause this phenomenon?
- How can I stop it?
- It's not a big problem per se, but is it likely to cause other problems?
- Is there a way to correct the Created Date?
Thanks for any help!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 13 inch, 3 GHz, 8 GB, 500 GB