Moving from Roam to Logseq: Dates created/updated mistake

Dear forum,

I am moving from Roam to Logseq. I exported/imported my content via JSON.
So far , so good.

The issue that I have relates to time stamps.
When I open the (Mac) app and head to “All pages”, all (yes, really all) pages show the same time stamp. This time stamp its the time of opening the app.

So “Created At” = “Updated At” = last time I opened the app.

Of course, this is not true.
E.g. a certain page in Roam
was created on November 14, 2021 and
updated on December 12, 2021 but
both dates in Logseq are today’s date = December 15, 2021

When I force-reload Logseq, all timestamps are set to the time of reload.

Has anyone else seen / solved such a strange behavior?

Thanks in advance.
Best
Frank

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+1 Here. @Frank: I have posted a number of times about this as well in different ways and no one ever seems to chime in. It’s really hurt my momentum since proper dating is important to me. Any help from anyone out there is appreciated!

Hi BenjiFrank,

I can’t offer a solution, unfortunately.

I just started to work and by now the first 4 pages of Logseq pages have the correct date. Whenever I run into an ‘old’ page, I add a ‘.’ at the beginning so that the ‘last updated’ date is being updated and the page moves up

It’s not perfect but good enough.

Hope it helps.

Best
Frank

The timestamp isn’t handle correctly due to the limitation of text-based storage.
We are developing the DB storage to handle.

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