Date / time

[Sanje]

Hi ! I am using exif tool to name photos and want to insert the original date of creation of the photo but dont want the time. If there is a way to do that please advise. Many Thanks

[wywh]

How do you want to treat images taken on the same date? Try something like:

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exiftool -fileOrder FileName '-FileName<DateTimeOriginal' -d '%Y-%m%d%%lc.%%e' .
I prefer seconds:

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exiftool -fileOrder FileName '-FileName<DateTimeOriginal' -d '%Y-%m%d-%H%M-%S%%lc.%%e' .
- Matti

[Sanje]

Thanks. I am using the original number sequence from the shoot.For example the original name was abc_1950. The images were 1950, 51, 52 etc.. I dont want the time and only the date because it makes the name too long

[Sanje]

Images from the same date have unique sequential numbers. The time of the shot is redundant. How do I extract just the date?

[StarGeek]

You use the -d (-dateFormat) option similar to wywh's first command.  See Common Date Format Codes.  For details on %f/%e see the -w (-TextOut) option.

To keep part of the original name, you would have to either add %%f to the date format string or add %f to the tag copy part and add a dollar sign before DateTimeOriginal

exiftool '-FileName<DateTimeOriginal' -d '%%f %Y-%m%d.%%e' /path/to/files/
or
exiftool '-FileName<%f $DateTimeOriginal.%e' -d '%Y-%m%d' /path/to/files/

You give an example of how your files are currently named, but not how you want them to end up.  I just added the a space and then the date in the above commands.

The above commands use single quotes and will work on Linux/Mac/Powershell.  If you're using Windows CMD, change the single quotes into double quotes.