Merge pull request #1217 from SCdF/use-file-metadata-on-import

Use existing file metadata for created and modified dates

browser/main/NoteList/index.js

@@ -584,12 +584,18 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     filepaths.forEach((filepath) => {
       fs.readFile(filepath, (err, data) => {
         if (err) throw Error('File reading error: ', err)
+
+        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'
+            type: 'MARKDOWN_NOTE',
+            createdAt: birthtime,
+            updatedAt: mtime
           }
           dataApi.createNote(storage.key, newNote)
           .then((note) => {
@@ -604,6 +610,7 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
           })
         })
       })
+    })
   }
 
   getTargetIndex () {

browser/main/lib/dataApi/createNote.js

@@ -66,10 +66,14 @@ function createNote (storageKey, input) {
           }
         }
       }
-      const noteData = Object.assign({}, input, {
-        key,
+      const noteData = Object.assign({},
+        {
           createdAt: new Date(),
-        updatedAt: new Date(),
+          updatedAt: new Date()
+        },
+        input, // input may contain more accurate dates
+        {
+          key,
           storage: storageKey
         })