Why a folder "Date Modified" doesn't reflect its latest modified files?

Hello,
I seem to not be the only one trying to find a solution to the following issue.
Let's say you have a folder A, with different files/sub-folders in.
When saving a file, the "date modified" of folder A doesn't update accordingly.
It becomes a real nightmare when you need to backup tons folders and files, as you never know what has truly been modified, unless you dig in and open every single folder each time to check.
For some reason, the folder A only updates its "date modified" when a file has been added or removed.
Or, sometimes for some reason, folder A updates with the last opened, when who cares of that.
I'm working on the latest Imac Intel puchased on dec 2012, with Mac OS X 10.8.4.
If anyone can help, that would be great!
Many many thanks!
Loan

Only the originator of a thread, the one who asks the question, can award points.
If I understand your situation you have a folder that contains sub-folders that contain files and you want to see which sub-folder has the most recent file in it? Or more likely just find the most recent file.
I would look at using a Finder smart folder to search and display the most recent file in a folder tree. Start the search at the top and just look for the most recent file.
You might also, if you are on Mavericks, use the new tagging feature in some way. Say make a tag 'newest' and apply it to the file you last modify, The drawback here is you would need to remove the tag from the last 'newest' file. Might not be to bad.
regards

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