Syncronization with Fritzbox error change time

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HKaufmann

With a synchronization under Linux-Mint from a Fritzbox that I operate as a NAS drive without Internet access, the following error message is displayed to me:
Warning The change time of XXXX cannot be written.
I can still run the synchronization or the data will be destroyed.
Unfortunately I cannot set the time in the Fritzbox.
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HKaufmann

How can I set FreeFileSync so that the copied file has the same date and time as the original file?
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Plerry

FreeFileSync (FFS) always and automatically retains the datetime of files (not folders) when possible.
The protocol used to have FFS connect to a device (e.g. FTP) and/or the device FFS writes itself may not support retaining timestamps of files.
Next to that, some file-systems use local time instead of UTC, which might give rise to problems when traveling across time-zones, or when changing from standard time to daylight saving time and vice-versa.
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HKaufmann

Under Windows with the tool FreeCommander, this works without any invention. Only with FreeFileSyn under Linux does the program fail and change the timestamp to the system date time.
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SteveCranko

All my files appear to have been dated to the time of syncing to another location. Is it possible to prevent this?
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Zenju

What error message do you see when failing to set file modification time under Linux and FFS?

What about FFS on Windows? I assume it will correctly set file time, just like FreeCommander.
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HKaufmann

Does not receive an error message. You can only see on the basis of the properties that the date + time has been changed.
Under Windows I hardly work anymore. There the carry-over works with the original date+-time.
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Zenju

I mean the full text of the warning message "Warning The change time of XXXX cannot be written."