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You write some kind of nonsense
At first you claim that win explorer work, as well as robocopy.
Then say no.
I specifically showed you that robocopy does NOT change the modification date.
In my system - everything is OK.
The problem is in code of FFS.
I have already written a power shell script that ...

You are wrong. I showed you the real situation on screens.
Why You deny the obvious?
Win Explorer and Robocopy work differently with the file date when copy from SMB share.
Moreover, Sysinternal Process Explorer clearly shows:
That only 1 process holds the file: either Win Explorer or Robokopi.
No ...

I have SMB share under *nix OS on FAT32 flash.
When I copy file from Windows to SMB, modified date changes everytime to current.
It's normal, because SMB OS file system decides which date to set.
BUT!
When I copy file from SMB to Windows, it's Windows OS decides which date to set.
When I copy with ...

1) FFS changes file timestamp (modified date-time) when synchronizing.
2) Two way synchronizing algorithm isn't correct: trying to overwrite newer file.
On the following picture - default FFS settings. The same file. After synchronizing, file has new timestamp.