ExifTool Forum

[Originally posted by sako75 on 2008-12-28 20:37:05-08]

I've downloaded the exiftool for Mac and run the following line

exiftool -AllDates+=1:: DIR

It ran and told me that it processed 266 images and made bakups of all files also.

What I'm attempting to do is change the date from 2007 to 2008 without modifing the time.

After it finished I opened the nikon NEF files in bridge and they still have 2007 instead
of 2008 in the date created properties.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sako

[Originally posted by bogdan on 2008-12-29 17:56:18-08]

Hi Sako,

Using AllDates as you have described, causes increasing Time part (hour) of DateTime. To increase Year only, you should do:

-I'm not sure if double quotes must be used on Mac (if not, try single quite instead).

Actually, I like this more:

-because it's more descriptive which part will be changed.

Greetings,

Bogdan

[Originally posted by sako75 on 2008-12-29 22:55:17-08]

Now that is exactly what I was looking for the more descriptive
year:month:day hour:minute:second

and yes with the mac I use single quotes..

Thanks Bogdan

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2008-12-30 17:33:20-08]

Thanks Bogdan.  Just for the record, both single and double
quotes work on the Mac.  Single quotes must be used only
if the argument contains a dollar sign ($) or a
double quote character (").

- Phil