In Linux whenever you decompress a folder, move or copy a file, its modification time changes. So it is super simple to organize a lot of files based on modification time. However in Windows this does not work and it is the most damned infuriating thing to deal with. It will retain the original file creation date, no matter what. So even though I just downloaded this file, its new on my system, the file explorer will organize it based on it's original creation time. Which COMPLETELY fucks up my system for organizing my data. It completely awful, I'm super lost and I'm going to just lose files this way because an older creation date just buries them with 100s of others...
Thanks to @m0xee turns out this a peazip issue, not a Windows issue. I still feel like file management in Lubuntu with ext4 and pcmanfm was way more efficient and intuitive.
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ALSO MOXEE IS THE GOAT, "DATE ACCESSED" IS THE SOLUTION!

Gonna hit up moxee with more Windows oddities in the future.
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Ha-ha-ha, thanks, man!
Indeed, I have a few years of dealing Windows behind my back, but I'm hardly that knowledgeable — I just remember all too well how confusing it can be when you're coming from Linux or Mac OS X 😁

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