messense / messense/dav-server-rs

[Feature] Add support for creation/modification timestamps

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Description

Hi,

file creation/modification timestamps are missing from standard RFC.
However I believe it is an important feature in backup / synchronization scenarios.

There is a growing standard from [Nextcloud](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/developer_manual/client_apis/WebDAV/basic.html#request-headers) that is relying on sending two headers in PUT requests:
- X-OC-MTime
- X-OC-CTime

It has been implemented in [Apache mod_dav](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mod_dav.html#davhonormtimeheader) too.

Is there any chance you include it in dav server rs too?

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Start by tracing the WebDAV PUT request handling and how file metadata is represented. The issue identifies X-OC-MTime and X-OC-CTime as inputs; done means creation and modification timestamps from those headers are supported for backup and synchronization scenarios.

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rust
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backend, networking
Issue type
Feature
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