How reliable is microsft word created date on a document?

[mason55]

I am in a battle with our association. I own a condo in florida and shortly after buying it the board changed the rental rule. They did so without 2 week notice to owners so we were unable to speak. The board president is what we call a dictator(his way or take highway). We had a hearing and he and one other person stated that they gave the 2 week notice sent out and posted on Sept 6. I was able to examine the computer records and microsoft word shows the created date as being Sept 16. How reliable is this?
 My wife and I have been made out to be liars by him. Your help is appreciated. Thanks in advance

[patio]

As long as the system Date/Time was not changed on the machine it was created on the timestamp is accurate...
This however can be done fairly easily...

[Kurtiskain]

I have always wondered about this....because if it was re-saved somewhere new on a particular date, wouldn't the windows time stamp change, because that particular document was made at a different date?

[Zylstra]

I have always wondered about this....because if it was re-saved somewhere new on a particular date, wouldn't the windows time stamp change, because that particular document was made at a different date?

The time stamp changes if it was an actual timestamp... if you just put the date in, say:
01/20/2009
It wont change itself, you have to put a timestamp in specifically.