Output date format problem - Python

[PlucGIS]

Hi,

I'm having some issues with the output format date with the date/time original tag. I'm using a python caller in a software called FME. I've try a few times to modify to arguments but i'm having syntax problems when I add arguments.

Here the output of my date tag : ('Date/Time Original', ':', '42.853035')

Any idea how to have a output format like this : %y%m%d_%H%M%S% ?

Thanks   

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import fme
import fmeobjects
import subprocess

def processFeature(feature):
   
    img_file_path = feature.getAttribute('path_windows')
             
    infoDict = {} #Creating the dict to get the metadata tags
    exifToolPath = r'D:\Applfich\ExifTool\exifTool.exe'
    imgPath = feature.getAttribute('path_windows')

    ''' use Exif tool to get the metadata '''

    process = subprocess.Popen([exifToolPath,imgPath],stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,universal_newlines=True)
    ''' get the tags in dict '''
    for tag in process.stdout:
        line = tag.strip().split(':')
        infoDict[line[0].strip()] = line[-1].strip()
       
    # Perform a filter on a the dictionary
    dict_filter = lambda x, y: dict([ (i,x[i]) for i in x if i in set(y) ])
   
    # Fields to keep
    new_dict_key = ("GPS Latitude","GPS Longitude", "GPS Altitude", "Date/Time Original")
    my_exif_dict = dict_filter(infoDict,new_dict_key)
   
    for k,v in my_exif_dict.items():
    #for k,v in infoDict.items():
        print(k,':', v)
        feature.setAttribute(k,v)

[StarGeek]

That result looks more like a GPS coordinate instead of a time stamp.  You're splitting on a colon : and the default format of a time stamp from exiftool is YYYY:MM:DD HH:mm:ss.

You can change the format of the time stamp with the -d (-dateFormat) option.  You'll have to look at the FME docs to see how to insert that.

[PlucGIS]

Hi,

I totally missed my split on the colon...

That was my mistake.

Thanks a lot