http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20950
Summary: Excel 2007 changes .xls modification date on shutdown Product: Wine Version: 1.1.34 Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: isakfrants@hotmail.com
Test: Launch Office 2007 Excel and save an empty .xlsx file. Close Excel, right click on the newly created file and choose properties. Observe the modification and access dates of the file. Open the .xlsx file with Excel 2007. Close Excel and look, the dates are the same. Awesome.
Now do the same with a .xls file. Launch Office 2007 Excel and save an empty .xls file. Close Excel, right click on the newly created file and choose properties. Observe the modification and access dates of the file. Open the .xls file with Excel 2007.
It doesn't matter now if you just read the document and then shutdown Excel or if you edit the document but you DON'T save the changes when Excel shuts down. However, when you close Excel the file will get new modification and access dates.
What would have happened: Excel would respect the date of modification when no editing is done in .xls JUST the way it does with .xlsx. This affects only Excel, while Word respects the date with both .doc and .docx and Powerpoint with .ppt and .pptx.
Can anyone else reproduce this?