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> > > If you want to preserve the date of a page, the best way to do it is to
> > > use [[ikiwiki/directive/meta]] date="foo". This will survive checkouts,
> > > VCS migrations, etc. -- [[Jon]]
+> > >
+> > > > That's a good tip Jon. That would also survive renaming a page by renaming its mdwn file, which would
+> > > > normally lose the times also. (And in that case I think both times are irretrievable, even by
+> > > > `--getctime`). I might start using a simple script to make blog posts that creates a file for
+> > > > me, puts today's date in the file as a meta, and opens the file in my editor. -- [[seanh]]