We have previously written about Adobe Bridge, and how it is a great FREE digital photo viewing and metadata editing tool for both MAC and Windows computers. Here are four ways you can change the date/time taken data for a digital file: Which really messes with the chronological camera roll! I remember when I travelled to Hawaii, and travelled across the international date line, the photos I took at the airport in Sydney were dated after the photos I took the morning I arrived in Hawaii. It can also happen when photos are taken in a different time zone. ![]() The other time that dates are incorrect on a digital image, is when you scan old photographs, slides or negatives, the date taken data will reflect the date scanned, not the date the photograph was originally taken. The date/time stamp can be missing if a file was received via a social sharing app such as WhatsApp (which removes the file metadata on sending for privacy and security reasons) or the date could be incorrect if the image was captured on a digital camera where the date wasn’t set and the date defaults to something like 01-01-2004 at 12:00am. However, I always come across files where the date/time stamp is missing or incorrect. ![]() ![]() When organising digital photo collections for clients, I more often than not, organise the photo collection into Year > Month folders using the date/time taken stamp embedded into each digital file’s metadata.
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