When I try to do this, all date tags have the same format based on the last format read (I guess).
An example:
exiftool -progress -d %Y "-copyright<Copyright $datetimeoriginal - Bill Jones. All rights reserved." -d %Y%m%d "-usercomment<datetimeoriginal" "D:\Temp\! Source"
Both date based tags use %Y%m%d.
Is there a simple solution?
Thanks.
The -d option applies to all date/time tags. Formatting different tags differently can be done with the advanced formatting feature. For example:
exiftool -progress "-copyright<Copyright ${datetimeoriginal;DateFmt("%Y")} - Bill Jones. All rights reserved." "-usercomment<${datetimeoriginal;DateFmt("%Y%m%d")}" "D:\Temp\! Source"
- Phil
<deletes long detailed explanation because I'm too slow and Phil's too fast>
Also, if you have a lot of date tags you're working with, you can use the -d (dateFormat) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#d-FMT--dateFormat) to format the majority of them, and then use the Advanced Formatting Helper function (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#Helper-functions), DateFmt, on a per tag basis, though that would require the additional use of the -n (printConv) option (https://exiftool.org/exiftool_pod.html#n---printConv) hashtag option to negate the -d on a per tag basis.
exiftool -progress -d %Y "-copyright<Copyright $DateTimeOriginal - Bill Jones. All rights reserved." <insert more %Y Tag copy operations> "-usercomment<${datetimeoriginal#;DateFmt('%Y%m%d')}" "D:\Temp\! Source"
Quote from: Phil Harvey on February 21, 2019, 12:03:12 PM
The -d option applies to all date/time tags. Formatting different tags differently can be done with the advanced formatting feature. For example:
exiftool -progress "-copyright<Copyright ${datetimeoriginal;DateFmt("%Y")} - Bill Jones. All rights reserved." "-usercomment<${datetimeoriginal;DateFmt("%Y%m%d")}" "D:\Temp\! Source"
- Phil
This did not quite work. It ran, but used default date format for both and spit out error message for each file. Is there an additional command needed for Advanced Formatting feature?
OKAY: This version worked. Suggested by StarGeek # after tag name and using single quotes around date format '%Y' ??
exiftool -progress "-copyright<Copyright ${datetimeoriginal#;DateFmt('%Y')} - Bill Jones. All rights reserved." "-usercomment<${datetimeoriginal#;DateFmt('%Y%m%d')}" "D:\Temp\! Source"
Never would have known that one.
Change the double quotes after DateFmt to single quotes.
${datetimeoriginal;DateFmt('%Y')}
${datetimeoriginal;DateFmt('%Y%m%d')}
Quote from: StarGeek on February 21, 2019, 12:34:34 PM
Change the double quotes after DateFmt to single quotes.
Ooops.