I have read a number of posts but I still cannot figure out if I can do this. When I copy files in Windows, Date Created becomes the same date as the date the file was copied. If I check the metadata with ExifTool, the original date is listed as CreatedDate.
Can I use Exiftool to reset the listed Date Created from the new copy date to the original created date shown in the metadata. Any help appreciated, thanks!
Yes. First you need to determine what tag you want to copy. Run this command:
exiftool -time:all -s FILE
Then, assuming you want to set FileCreateDate from DateTimeOriginal, the command is this:
exiftool "-filecreatedate<datetimeoriginal" FILE
Where FILE may be one or more file and/or directory names.
- Phil
Thanks Phil, I didn't quite understand what i was doing in my first attempts, this cleared it up. Much appreciated.