[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37242: Partial updates not updating some server side files date and time.

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#37242: Partial updates not updating some server side files date and time.
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 Reporter:  mitchellk        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  4.5.3
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by dd32):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 > I had a problem where my Server Headers (Apache 2.4.7 / Ubuntu 14.04)
 were being messed with.
 > In particular the Last-Modified server header on my site was returning a
 date and time (of all blog posts) to browsers and spiders of Tue, 02 Dec
 2014 11:21:14 GMT

 This seems like a server misconfiguration or plugin conflict, WordPress
 will set the `Last-Modified` date (AFAIK) to that of the latest posts, it
 sounds like it was being overridden by Apache or a plugin. (If apache,
 probably one of the `Expires` declarations with `text/html` and
 `modification` flag set - should probably only apply to .html files, not
 .php)

 The file modification dates being set to the last time they were modified
 (The contents of the files hasn't changed in years) isn't an issue, and
 from a perspective of someone maintaining a site and trying to determine
 when files were last modified, would be preferable that it's only changed
 when the contents of the files changes.

 I don't see anything incorrect here, other than your server behaving
 badly. I'm marking it invalid as a result of that.

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