Hello,
Thanks for this very good tool.
I have a problem with all my pictures >5000 pictures. They have been exported since months from LR with the option to delete all metadata by error. :-\
Hopefully my files have been named with the exact date.
I would like to update the Tag "DateTimeOriginal" from my files named as YYYY-MM-DD-HHh-MMm-SSs.jpg (like 2017-07-02-17h05m53s.jpg).
I tried to understand your documentation but I tried to have reach my limit of my skills.
I need to extract from the name the year, month, day etc..
I suppose I need to play with the %Xf and %X-f
%4f%-12 for the month 07 in 2017-07-02-17h05m53s.jpg
I have tried things like :
exiftool "-FileModifyDate=2017:%4f%-12:%4f%-12 17:05:53 ยป 2017-07-02-17h05m53s.jpg
Could you please tell me if it is possible to find a way ?
Thanks
Try this command:
exiftool "-alldates<filename" DIR
This will set the EXIF DateTimeOriginal, CreateDate and ModifyDate from the file name. If you also want to set the filesystem modification date/time, add "-filemodifydate<filename" to the command.
- Phil
Whaou. Thanks a lot.
It was so easy. :-[ I have spend like more than 4 hours to read and make some tests.
The good thing I have learn a lot reading your documentation. Thanks for the solution !