Re: CRTDUPOBJ: how to retain the create date and usage info

[CRPence <CRPbottle@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 Jul 2013 09:21, Stone, Joel wrote:
> Maybe I am all wrong, don't know. But in Win7, the date shown on
> Windows Explorer keeps the history.
>
> In OS400, it seems all history is purged with CRTDUPOBJ and/or
> SAVOBJ/RSTOBJ.
>
> <<SNIP>>

  Not /wrong/ per se, but certainly overlooking the obvious distinction 
of the IBM i OS as compared to many others.  To be clear, the IBM i 
[OS/400, S/38] origin, is as an *object-based* system; quite different 
than most other.

  Consider any tangible /object/ in everyday life, perhaps for example, 
a classic car.  If someone creates a duplicate of that car, what exactly 
are the creation date, change date, and last-used date for both the old 
car and the new car?  IMNSHO there is *no logical way* to argue that 
they should be the same.

  Perhaps however there were some stickers on the rear\inside of the 
driver-side door which indicate the manufacture-date [and perhaps 
equivalents of the other attributes].  Arguably a /duplicate/ of that 
car which intends to fully mimic the old car might want to have its new 
stickers reflect the same values that are recorded on the original\old 
car.  As I noted in my prior reply however, such additional attributes 
are separate from the known\reality, and there would be no integrity in 
referencing that sticker as an accurate reflection of reality, because 
the new sticker with the copied values would be a misrepresentation; 
i.e. the copied dates portray a false claim.