Using the filename for Exif Media Created value?

[greddin]

My first post was a typo in the filenames.  My files look like this one:  2011-07-15 173606.mp4. 

In the sample here, I believe 173606 would translate to 4:36:06 pm CST.  Rather than hard-coding 00:00:00, can you modify my command so that it converts these digits into the time as well? 

[Phil Harvey]

This makes the command much simpler:

exiftool "-CreateDate<FileName" -api QuickTimeUTC DIR

The only catch is that the system time zone must be the same as the times in the file name.

- Phil

[greddin]

Thank you guys!  I went around the long way but I got there and that's what matters 

It's a good learning process for me.