Display Upload Date for Files in Web Interface (and make it sortable)

[florom]

Hi Devs,

The Use Case is:

1, Anyone adds new Pictures to a Folder with (Picture) Creation Date 15.05.2020.
2, It is sorted for Creation Date so I find easily the new pictures
3, Anyone adds new Pictures to a Folder with (Picture) Creation Date 30.05.2020.
4, It is sorted for Creation Date so I find easily the new pictures.
5, Anyone adds new Pictures to a Folder with (Picture) Creation Date 22.05.2020.
6, It is sorted for Creation Date so I do not find new pictures nor at the beginning and not at the end too. ---> That is quite frustrating

Is there a possibility to personally adapt something like that. It is really annoying missing new pics.
(In The app this would be very nice too and I would make another feature request there too.)

Thanks for considering,
Florom

[szaimen]

Personally, I don't think that this is feasible.

cc @nextcloud/server-triage for more opinions on that.

[florom]

Hi @szaimen ,

Thanks for commenting on this one.

Why that? There is a database on every client for files in nextcloud and in nextcloud itself.
I think making a new column with upload date (or first time in nextcloud) should be feasible.

I am still hoping that it gets implemented.

Thanks again for considering.

[peterdocu]

Am I correct that there is currently no field for storing the upload date in the database and therefore it would be necessary to change the database structure to achieve this?

[florom]

Hi @peterdocu ,

Maybe or:

No, there is a column called storage_mtime in oc_filecache. Maybe this can be used.
No, there is a column called upload_time in oc_filecache_extended. Maybe this can be used.

Never the less even if an extension of the data structure is necessary to achieve this in a good way,
I think it is worth it.

Thanks again for considering.

[florom]

Hi @szaimen ,

issue got info.
See comment above.

:)

Thank you.

[florom]

Hi @peterdocu ,

I want to thank you that you are still on this issue trying to help.
Still, I am too hoping that somebody can take care of this.

[baderk]

Is this limited for photos? Or is it also for the columns available in the Files section? Currently there are only Name, Size and Modified columns. Having a Created At or Creation Date would be nice there too if it isn't covered with this issue already.

[pradvk]

system wide features

1. option to display full column for Creation Date+time,
2. option to display full modified date+time instead of non technical "3 months ago" style
   Very important features to keep track of files. Please keep at it. The effort will be praised...

[KS-emp100Git]

@skjnldsv,
@joshtrichards

would you kindly help to unterstand

• what will be the next step / level?
• when do you think this comes to implementation?

[skjnldsv]

Good questions:

1. Adding an extra column is not too complicated with the new Files vue.
   You can do so yourself the same way we do mtime. Though I would NOT use the column api, as I think we should have this built-in, if implemented, and available in all views (sharing, recents... etc).
2. Unless it get scheduled from our product management or receive a tremendous amount of requests (16 upvotes is a lot but we have higher tickets), it will not get worked on. (Or if one of us decides to dive into this on their free time of course! 😉)

[KS-emp100Git]

@skjnldsv,

to point 1.) i am not privat and need this for the work in a company, i can't code or program anything. Further more i am not a programmer - i don't have any coding-skills.

to point 2.) But why do we have enhancements of this ticket since 3 years now and - in the end - you are now telling us - nobody is interested to help us - because there are higher tickets?

Will you be the one to help us out and take care - especially when its not "such a big thing" like i understood from you - please?

[skjnldsv]

to point 1.) i am not privat and need this for the work in a company, i can't code or program anything. Further more i am not a programmer - i don't have any coding-skills.

Sorry, I thought you were asking about this from a technical POV

to point 2.) But why do we have enhancements of this ticket since 3 years now and - in the end - you are now telling us - nobody is interested to help us - because there are higher tickets?

Yes, like most of the opened tickets here, we can't work on all of them :)
Prioritisation needs to happen at some point 😿

[florom]

The next Christmas is coming.
In this thread I wish for this feature to get implemented :)

[KS-emp100Git]

..as i read again through skjnldsv`s comment it made "click" for me.
Its all about the very first comment from florom - now 17 votes.
he mentioned .....(16 upvotes is a lot but we have higher tickets)
i haven't noticed about that until now - "the thumbs up - vote 👍" is counting - not the amount of comments

the one which startes with "Hi Devs, The Use Case is: ......"

anyone maybe knows - is there any "stage" to present and attract this idea/request to a wider audience - to get votes?

[florom]

I think at least we are trying:

https://help.nextcloud.com/t/display-upload-date-for-files-in-web-interface/34848/8?u=florom

[peterdocu]

I think at least we are trying:

https://help.nextcloud.com/t/display-upload-date-for-files-in-web-interface/34848/8?u=florom

upvoted

[skjnldsv]

Will close as duplicate of #18426
See you there

[KS-emp100Git]

Full of hope i longed for 28,
but - no "Display Upload Date" no "Sort By - new filters and new columns" or anything like it - to see.

skjnldsv mentioned in #18426
"It's kind of already implemented for 28.
All columns (or almost) are sortable now. What would be a following enhancements would be adding new columns 🤔"

[jancborchardt]

This is indeed different from #18426, and also quite specific. Sounds quite useful for the photos case indeed, maybe also for file drop, cc @sorbaugh @artonge @jospoortvliet

I can’t make any guarantee regarding when this will be worked on. Just please, if you’d like to see this:

• 👍 the original issue
• Please refrain from additional comments
• Note that Nextcloud is a community project, so anyone is welcome to contribute: https://nextcloud.com/contribute/

[florom]

Hi all,
hi @jancborchardt

I am glad that this use case still gets some attention :)
Still hoping it will get implemented ;)

@KS-emp100Git and @peterdocu we are still hoping :)

[KS-emp100Git]

Hi @jancborchardt,

still having hope since you reopenend this on Sep 10!
Can you maybe have a look and give us a tip how to improve visibility or bring this missing option to a higher level or to someone who could sneak a peek to this? 🧐