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alpac1t

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Registered: 2017-10-28

Posts: 3

Insert the photo creation date at the beginning of the filename

I'm trying to insert the photo creation date at the beginning of the filename.

I use "Insert," then "Insert Meta Tag" and then "File_DateCreated"

My rule appears as

   Insert ":File_DateCreated:" as Prefix (skip extension)

which looks fine and as expected.

However, when I add a file called "aaa.jpg", the result of the rule is:

  2017-10-28 10-19-24aaa.jpg

There are two problems here.

1. The date shown ("2017-10-28") is today's date, not the creation date of the file. Windows File Explorer tells me the file date is 2017-10-26.

2. The second "date-like thing" is (a) not a valid date, and (b) should be there at all.

Also note: I get the exact same results if using "DateModified" instead of "DateCreated." If I use "DateNow," I still get that second set of odd numbers.

Any suggestions as to what I can try?

Thank you.

Stefan

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From: Germany, EU

Registered: 2007-10-23

Posts: 1,161

Re: Insert the photo creation date at the beginning of the filename

- Insert ":File_DateCreated:" as Prefix (skip extension)
works fine for me.
WHich OS and which ReNamer version do you use?

- The date shown ("2017-10-28") is today's date
Do you have copied that file right before?
Do you get that result of today date on every file?

- 2017-10-28 10-19-24aaa.jpg
You can add a space after ":File_DateCreated:"

- The second "date-like thing" (10-19-24)
This is the time.
You can remove it by adding another rule:
Delete: Delete from Position 11 until Count reaches 9 (skip extension)

I still have no idea what the problem could be...

 

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alpac1t

Member

Registered: 2017-10-28

Posts: 3

Re: Insert the photo creation date at the beginning of the filename

Hi Stefan--

Thanks for the reply.

I'm using Win10 Pro and Rename 6.7. So am fully up-to-date, I believe.

I understand the tips about adding a space, and using "delete" to get rid of stuff. And thanks for clarifying about the time; I understand that now. I've modified the rule to manage/format/delete the time.

So everything is okay except the original/main problem.

I don't know too much about image files, but I know that the JPEG format keeps a bunch of data ("EXIF") about the picture that is NOT the same as the data that Windows keeps about the file. It appears that Rename is reading and using the Windows file dates, and not the EXIF data which says when the picture was taken. But Windows somehow know when the picture was taken, since that date is displayed in File Explorer.

It is confusing!

But it really does appear that Rename is the "standard" Windows file date, and not the EXIT data that says when the picture was actually taken. I don't know if this is by intent or by oversight.

Thanks again for your help--and of course any additional comments you may have. I think "problem" we have identified should be passed along to the developer.

alpac1t

Member

Registered: 2017-10-28

Posts: 3

Re: Insert the photo creation date at the beginning of the filename

Stefan--

I made a big mistake! Further down the list of "Insert Meta Tag" is "EXIF Date." Now everything is perfect!