I have many older scanned albums where the time and date are exactly the same or the dates are jumbled and out of sequence. They are in order by name.
What I wish to achieve is to set a date and a time for the album on the first photo and then make the software add 5 minute intervals for each photo that follows.
I thought about making them all exactly the same time but this is causing issues in some software where it stacks the photos.
Does any know a way to achieve this?
For example:
Photo 1: 2025-01-01 12:00
Photo 2: 2025-01-01 12:05
Photo 3: 2025-01-01 12:10.....
Thank you for any help you can provide.
This is a two-step procedure. See this post (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?msg=27394).
The command given there will increment each image by one minute. To change it to a five-minute interval, replace
$filesequence
with
${filesequence;$_*=5}
If you're using Windows, use CMD, not PowerShell, and you need to use double quotes instead of single quotes in the second command.
Thank you for the reply. I appreciate that. 1 minute intervals will be fine. It does not necssarily need to be 5 minutes.
I should have said that I am using the ExifGUI version. I can not figure out how to use the software through CMD.
To change the date and time I usually use:
-CreateDate="2021:12:17 13:50:00"
I then fill all the other fields using this:
"-QuickTime:CreateDate<CreateDate" "-QuickTime:ModifyDate<CreateDate" "-EXIF:CreateDate<CreateDate" "-EXIF:DateTimeOriginal<CreateDate" "-EXIF:ModifyDate<CreateDate" "-IPTC:TimeCreated<CreateDate" "-IPTC:DateCreated<CreateDate" "-XMP:DateTimeOriginal<CreateDate" "-XMP-exif:DateTimeOriginal<CreateDate" "-XMP-xmp:CreateDate<CreateDate" "-XMP-xmp:ModifyDate<CreateDate" "-XMP-pdf:CreationDate<CreateDate" "-XMP-photoshop:DateCreated<CreateDate" "-CreationTime<CreateDate" "-CreationDate<CreateDate" "-CreateDate<CreateDate" "-DigitalCreationDate<CreateDate" "-ModifyDate<CreateDate" "-DateTime<CreateDate" "-DateCreated<CreateDate" "-FileCreateDate<CreateDate" "-FileModifyDate<CreateDate" "-FileAccessDate<CreateDate" "-TrackCreateDate<CreateDate" "-TrackModifyDate<CreateDate" "-MediaCreateDate<CreateDate" "-MediaModifyDate<CreateDate" "-FileCreateDate<CreateDate"
Is there something like this I can use for the ExifGUI software with the 1 minute intervals? A way where I can select the full album in one batch?
Thank you for your help with this.
Interesting question. Need some time for a proper reply.
@Stargeek: What do you think about the copying to all the other tags?
I have tested this and it looks it can be done with 3 Predefined ExifTool Direct commands + 1 Args file
1. Create a predefined command like this.
-createdate="2025-02-19 12:00:00"
SetCreateDate.jpg
2. Create a predefined command like this.
-createdate+<0:${filesequence;$_*=5}
IncDateTimeFiveMin.jpg
3. Create an Args file and save it.
Notes:
- If you dont save the args file in the same directory as exiftool.exe, you have to specify the full path in step 4.
- I have deleted FileAccessDate from your post. Isn't writable.
- I dont consider myself the expert on this subject, but to me it seems not desirable to copy the createdate to all these tags. @Stargeek: What do you think?
-QuickTime:CreateDate<CreateDate
-QuickTime:ModifyDate<CreateDate
-EXIF:CreateDate<CreateDate
-EXIF:DateTimeOriginal<CreateDate
-EXIF:ModifyDate<CreateDate
-IPTC:TimeCreated<CreateDate
-IPTC:DateCreated<CreateDate
-XMP:DateTimeOriginal<CreateDate
-XMP-exif:DateTimeOriginal<CreateDate
-XMP-xmp:CreateDate<CreateDate
-XMP-xmp:ModifyDate<CreateDate
-XMP-pdf:CreationDate<CreateDate
-XMP-photoshop:DateCreated<CreateDate
-CreationTime<CreateDate
-CreationDate<CreateDate
-CreateDate<CreateDate
-DigitalCreationDate<CreateDate
-ModifyDate<CreateDate
-DateTime<CreateDate
-DateCreated<CreateDate
-FileCreateDate<CreateDate
-FileModifyDate<CreateDate
-TrackCreateDate<CreateDate
-TrackModifyDate<CreateDate
-MediaCreateDate<CreateDate
-MediaModifyDate<CreateDate
-FileCreateDate<CreateDate
4. Create a predefined command like this.
-@ "<Path_to_args_file>"CopyCreateDate.jpg
Online Documentation on ExifTool Direct (https://github.com/FrankBijnen/ExifToolGui/blob/main/Docs/ExifToolGUI_V6.md#using-predefined-exiftool-commands)
How to use:
- Select all files in the directory.
- In Exiftool direct, select the 1st predefined command (SetCreateDate), change the date time and press Enter
- Next select the 2nd predefined command (IncDateTimeFiveMin) and press Enter.
- Next select the 3rd predefined command (CopyCreateDate) and press Enter.
Good luck,
Frank
Thank you for your help with this, it is really appreciated.
Okay I have made the predefined commands in point 1 and 2 (my view is slighlty different and does not show the Stay Open menu).
In number it says 3 it says to create an arg file. I am not sure what that is. Do I simply save the command in a text file and change the extension to .args? If not is there a tutorial or video somewhere I can follow? I did try and search but can not find much information on this.
Thanks again for your help
Quote from: JEXIF on February 17, 2025, 06:26:57 PM(my view is slighlty different and does not show the Stay Open menu).
That makes me wonder. Are you using the latest version: (V6.3.7 as of writing)
Latest version of ExifToolGui (https://github.com/FrankBijnen/ExifToolGui/releases)
Quote from: JEXIF on February 17, 2025, 06:26:57 PMIn number it says 3 it says to create an arg file. I am not sure what that is. Do I simply save the command in a text file and change the extension to .args?
That's what I meant.
Select and copy (CTRL/C) the text. Paste it in NotePad (or any other editor you like) and save it as <filename>.args
EDIT: These are the lines that go in the args file.
-QuickTime:CreateDate<CreateDate
-QuickTime:ModifyDate<CreateDate
-EXIF:CreateDate<CreateDate
etc...