> > 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,
* --getctime
- Pull last changed time for each new page out of the revision control
+ Pull creation time for each new page out of the revision control
system. This rarely used option provides a way to get the real creation
times of items in weblogs, such as when building a wiki from a new
- Subversion checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
+ VCS checkout. It is unoptimised and quite slow. It is best used
with --rebuild, to force ikiwiki to get the ctime for all pages.
* --set var=value