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Started by foosion, May 15, 2014, 07:56:56 AM

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foosion

exiftool -CreateDate is not listing the creation date. I'm missing something obvious here.

If I run exiftool without any options, it show everything, including the creation date:
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[D:\pics]exiftool P5053959.jpg
ExifTool Version Number         : 9.60
File Name                       : P5053959.jpg
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 6.8 MB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2014:05:05 12:53:04-04:00
File Access Date/Time           : 2014:05:05 12:53:01-04:00
File Creation Date/Time         : 2014:05:05 12:53:01-04:00
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However,

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[D:\pics]exiftool -CreateDate -FileSize P5053959.jpg
File Size                       : 6.8 MB

[D:\pics]
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Doesn't show the creation date.  What am I missing?

Phil Harvey

You are missing reading FAQ number 2;)

- Phil
...where DIR is the name of a directory/folder containing the images.  On Mac/Linux/PowerShell, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).

foosion

-FileCreateDate, found with the -s option

Thanks much.