why collectstatic won't copy my static files?

Question

I have MyApp/static/MyApp directory

When I run ./manage.py collectstatic, I expect the MyApp directory be copied to STATIC_ROOT but it doesn\'t

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Answer 1

This happened to me because while investigating a bug occurring on certain dates, changed my computer date and time.

Hence it disturbed things like collectstatic, and also my browser history.

Don't change your computer date and time.