Question:

Why isn't the create date field, following a TMF Transfer, matching between the target Vault and the source file's metadata create date?

Answer:

TMF Transfer only transfers major version (ex. 1.0) documents. The source created date field is populated using the version creation date (when the document is promoted to a major version) field of the source document version that is transferred.

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