From 9032a1debbad8c9d66d676963d3826c806419e80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan du Fresne <stefan@sdufresne.info>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:24:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Use existing file metadata for created and modified dates

NB: this definintely works on OSX. Other operating systems may have
slightly different interpretations of birthtime.

See: https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_class_fs_stats
---
 browser/main/NoteList/index.js         | 39 +++++++++++++++-----------
 browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js |  4 +--
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
index fc28b362..76e4c947 100644
--- a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
+++ b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
@@ -584,22 +584,29 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     filepaths.forEach((filepath) => {
       fs.readFile(filepath, (err, data) => {
         if (err) throw Error('File reading error: ', err)
-        const content = data.toString()
-        const newNote = {
-          content: content,
-          folder: folder.key,
-          title: markdown.strip(findNoteTitle(content)),
-          type: 'MARKDOWN_NOTE'
-        }
-        dataApi.createNote(storage.key, newNote)
-        .then((note) => {
-          dispatch({
-            type: 'UPDATE_NOTE',
-            note: note
-          })
-          hashHistory.push({
-            pathname: location.pathname,
-            query: {key: getNoteKey(note)}
+
+        fs.stat(filepath, (err, {mtime, birthtime}) => {
+          if (err) throw Error('File stat reading error: ', err);
+
+          const content = data.toString()
+          const newNote = {
+            content: content,
+            folder: folder.key,
+            title: markdown.strip(findNoteTitle(content)),
+            type: 'MARKDOWN_NOTE',
+            createdAt: birthtime,
+            updatedAt: mtime
+          }
+          dataApi.createNote(storage.key, newNote)
+          .then((note) => {
+            dispatch({
+              type: 'UPDATE_NOTE',
+              note: note
+            })
+            hashHistory.push({
+              pathname: location.pathname,
+              query: {key: getNoteKey(note)}
+            })
           })
         })
       })
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js
index 91abdb08..1bb7f42a 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ function createNote (storageKey, input) {
           }
         }
       }
-      const noteData = Object.assign({}, input, {
+      const noteData = Object.assign({}, {
         key,
         createdAt: new Date(),
         updatedAt: new Date(),
         storage: storageKey
-      })
+      }, input)
 
       CSON.writeFileSync(path.join(storage.path, 'notes', key + '.cson'), _.omit(noteData, ['key', 'storage']))
 

From b1063eb38f80c084336f2d8cbd1613a310186088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan du Fresne <stefan@sdufresne.info>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:32:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Not used to this no semi colon thing

---
 browser/main/NoteList/index.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
index 76e4c947..ddae415e 100644
--- a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
+++ b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
         if (err) throw Error('File reading error: ', err)
 
         fs.stat(filepath, (err, {mtime, birthtime}) => {
-          if (err) throw Error('File stat reading error: ', err);
+          if (err) throw Error('File stat reading error: ', err)
 
           const content = data.toString()
           const newNote = {

From 745d2507874a63206f5878603945bada177795e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan du Fresne <stefan@sdufresne.info>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:16:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Reorder Object.assign

 - Respects the dates that may be in input over default dates
 - Respects key and storage over what might be in input
---
 browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js
index 1bb7f42a..4b667385 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js
@@ -66,12 +66,16 @@ function createNote (storageKey, input) {
           }
         }
       }
-      const noteData = Object.assign({}, {
-        key,
-        createdAt: new Date(),
-        updatedAt: new Date(),
-        storage: storageKey
-      }, input)
+      const noteData = Object.assign({},
+        {
+          createdAt: new Date(),
+          updatedAt: new Date()
+        },
+        input, // input may contain more accurate dates
+        {
+          key,
+          storage: storageKey
+        })
 
       CSON.writeFileSync(path.join(storage.path, 'notes', key + '.cson'), _.omit(noteData, ['key', 'storage']))