azureblobstorage

How to update file Last Modified Date in Azure Blob storage


After uploading file into Azure blob storage I could see original file time stamp is lost.

Some how I need to preserve original file time stamp. Azure blob storage doesn't allow to programmatically update "Last Modified Date".

Please share if any one has come across this situation before.


Solution

  • Since Last Modified Date is a system defined property, you can't really preserve it. Any time a blob is updated, this value will change. One thing you could do is keep the original date/time when the blob was created as blob metadata entry if you're interested in finding out when a blob was created. This however is not fool proof as if the blob is re-uploaded, this value would either change or removed.

    Another thing you could do is keep this information in a separate place (Table Storage for example).