Preserving the dates of copied folders

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Strangely, when i copy folders to another location, the dates are not preserved for the folders, although the
option is ticked in the preferences.

Previously i used

Copy QUEUE=MyQueue,quiet COPYCREATIONTIME=yes WHENEXISTS=skip to DEST

which i changed to

Copy QUEUE=MyQueue,quiet COPYCREATIONTIME=yes COPYDIRTIMES=yes WHENEXISTS=skip to DEST

but it still doesn´t work. Is there a flaw in my code? I think, it used to work otherwise.

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Update: the second code works, only that it seems, that the date application is somewhat postponed.
First the current date is shown, but when the folder is completely copied, the original date is applied.

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[quote="abr"]only that it seems, that the date application is somewhat postponed.
First the current date is shown, but when the folder is completely copied, the original date is applied.[/quote]

Folder dates change whenever anything added, removed or renamed below them. So if the folder date was set before everything below it had been copied, the date would immediately be changed back to the current day/time. That is why it has to be set at the end of the operation.

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That explains it, thanks.