Krokiet - Add file modification date as a parameter in "Duplicate Files"

[magerlin]

Would it be possible to add file modification date as a parameter in "Duplicate Files"?
Often files could have been renamed and searching duplicates by Size and "Modification date" would be a handy option.

[qarmin]

I don’t think this would make much sense.

Right now there are already options like Size, Name, and Size and Name. I actually considered removing them at some point, but in the end decided to keep them.

The core problem is that this approach is relatively fast, but also very unreliable. Two completely different files can easily have the same size, modification date, or name. That means you still have to manually verify whether the files are truly identical, which largely cancels out the time saved by avoiding full file reads and hashing.

Because of that, adding modification date as another criterion wouldn’t really improve the situation and could give a false sense of confidence when identifying duplicates.

[magerlin]

Thanks for your response. The strength of your program is that it can act on Dropbox files that aren't actually stored on my PC (only as "links") without downloading them all. And then the modification date would be a nice additional feature. Many of my files are photos of which many have been automatically renamed so name isn't a good search parameter. But I would be quite confident with a search on size and modification date. Regards Morten Classification: Confidential From: Rafał Mikrut ***@***.***> Sent: Thursday, 25 December 2025 21.53 To: qarmin/czkawka ***@***.***> Cc: Morten Agerlin Petersen ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [qarmin/czkawka] Krokiet - Add file modification date as a parameter in "Duplicate Files" (Discussion #1719) I don't think this would make much sense. Right now there are already options like Size, Name, and Size and Name. I actually considered removing them at some point, but in the end decided to keep them. The core problem is that this approach is relatively fast, but also very unreliable. Two completely different files can easily have the same size, modification date, or name. That means you still have to manually verify whether the files are truly identical, which largely cancels out the time saved by avoiding full file reads and hashing. Because of that, adding modification date as another criterion wouldn't really improve the situation and could give a false sense of confidence when identifying duplicates. - Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#1719 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAOM2K3H5SZSFM2BH3Y5RB34DRFC5AVCNFSM6AAAAACP723K4SVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTKMZUGI3TINQ>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.******@***.***>>