From 5cfbde0bb73e66385b0f714ed0e9f0b7b69ba830 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan White <support@dmapps.us>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 22:22:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Retain file creation time when saving database (#6576)

* Fix #6028
---
 src/core/Database.cpp | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core/Database.cpp b/src/core/Database.cpp
index be9adfa45..f13c00796 100644
--- a/src/core/Database.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Database.cpp
@@ -272,6 +272,11 @@ bool Database::saveAs(const QString& filePath, QString* error, bool atomic, bool
 
 bool Database::performSave(const QString& filePath, QString* error, bool atomic, bool backup)
 {
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 10, 0)
+    QFileInfo info(filePath);
+    auto createTime = info.exists() ? info.birthTime() : QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+#endif
+
     if (atomic) {
         QSaveFile saveFile(filePath);
         if (saveFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
@@ -284,6 +289,11 @@ bool Database::performSave(const QString& filePath, QString* error, bool atomic,
                 backupDatabase(filePath);
             }
 
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 10, 0)
+            // Retain orginal creation time
+            saveFile.setFileTime(createTime, QFile::FileBirthTime);
+#endif
+
             if (saveFile.commit()) {
                 // successfully saved database file
                 return true;
@@ -318,6 +328,10 @@ bool Database::performSave(const QString& filePath, QString* error, bool atomic,
                 // successfully saved the database
                 tempFile.setAutoRemove(false);
                 QFile::setPermissions(filePath, perms);
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 10, 0)
+                // Retain orginal creation time
+                tempFile.setFileTime(createTime, QFile::FileBirthTime);
+#endif
                 return true;
             } else if (!backup || !restoreDatabase(filePath)) {
                 // Failed to copy new database in place, and