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@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Do I have it right?
 > > Surely it is not the _last changed time_ but the _first seen time_ of each page that is pulled out of the VCS?
 > > If the aim is to get the real creation times of items in weblogs, then the last times that the items were
 > > changed in the VCS is not going to help. -- [[seanh]]
+>>> Typo, fixed. --[[Joey]] 
 
 > > > 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,
@@ -86,3 +87,23 @@ Do I have it right?
     $EDITOR "$pagename"
 
 >>>>> -- [[Jon]]
+
+> A quick workaround for me to get modification times right is the following
+> little zsh script, which unfortunately only works for git:
+
+    #!/usr/bin/env zsh
+    
+    set +x
+    
+    for FILE in **/*(.); do
+      TIMES="`git log --pretty=format:%ai $FILE`"
+      MTIME="`echo $TIMES | head -n1`"
+    
+      if [ ! -z $MTIME ]; then
+        echo  touch -m -d "$MTIME" $FILE
+        touch -m -d "$MTIME" $FILE
+      fi
+    
+    done
+
+> --[[David_Riebenbauer]]