CHANGE ORIGINAL DATE CR2 / RAW file

Started by drelladesign, November 24, 2019, 04:09:55 AM

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drelladesign

Hi there,
i'm really a newbie here and don't know anything about running Terminal on Mac or coding.
I just want to change the original date of a Canon Raw file / Cr2.
that's a photo, and i want to change the original capture date within the CR2 file.
how can i do that ?

Can someone just tell me what to copy / paste into Terminal to achieve that ? because i'm really not familiar with terminal and coding in general.
The name of my file is :      _MG_0680-2.CR2
i'm running Exiftool on a Mac.
the picture was taken in 2018 and i want to change it to 2019, permanently
thanks

StarGeek

Just to clarify, you want to change only the year, no matter what month/day/hour etc?

You can try this.
exiftool -TagsFromFile @ -alldates -globaltimeshift '1:0:0 0'
copy/paste the above command, add a space to the end, and then drag the file you want to change onto the terminal window.  If you want to do a whole directory at once, drag the directory onto the terminal.  You can drag multiple files and/or directories at once.

This command will create backup files which can be suppressed with the Overwrite_Original option.  You can recurse into subdirectories with the -r (recurse) option.  Just add them onto the end and separate them by a space.
* Did you read FAQ #3 and use the command listed there?
* Please use the Code button for exiftool code/output.
 
* Please include your OS, Exiftool version, and type of file you're processing (MP4, JPG, etc).

drelladesign

thank you for your answer.
it worked ! don't know how it's possible but it worked.
thanks