1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Msgmap.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Msgmap.pm
index 94a0cbeb..e71f16f8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Msgmap.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Msgmap.pm
@@ -32,8 +32,15 @@ sub new_file {
          if ($rw) {
                  $dbh->begin_work;
                  create_tables($dbh);
-                $self->created_at(time) unless $self->created_at;
+                unless ($self->created_at) {
+                        my $t;
  
+                        if (blessed($ibx) &&
+                                -f "$ibx->{inboxdir}/inbox.config.example") {
+                                $t = (stat(_))[9]; # mtime set by "curl -R"
+                        }
+                        $self->created_at($t // time);
+                }
                  $self->num_highwater(max($self));
                  $dbh->commit;
          }