Setting Datetimeoriginal based on directory name

[stefanjoa]

Hi,

I want to set the datetimeoriginal based on the directory, if the datetimeoriginal is empty. I tried some things, but it does not work.
Do you have any idea?

An example for a directory is:
/volume1/photos/2001/01.01.2001/

I tried the following command:
exiftool "-datetimeoriginal<${directory;.*(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{4}).*//} 00:00:00.000"  -if '(not $datetimeoriginal or ($datetimeoriginal eq "0000:00:00 00:00:00")) and ($filetype eq "JPEG")' /volume1/photos/2001/01.01.2001/

[StarGeek]

It's unclear whether your format is MM.DD.YYYY as in the U.S. or DD.MM.YYYY as used elsewhere.

Try this for the directory entry if the first, otherwise swap $1 and $2
${directory;m/(\d{2})\.(\d{2})\.(\d{4})/;$_=$3$1$2}

[stefanjoa]

Thanks!

After executing your command the command line shows the following error:
-sh: -datetimeoriginal<${directory;m/(\d{2})\.(\d{2})\.(\d{4})/;$_=$3$2$1} 00:00:00.000: bad substitution

What am I doing wrong?

My new command looks like this:
exiftool "-datetimeoriginal<${directory;m/(\d{2})\.(\d{2})\.(\d{4})/;$_=$3$2$1} 00:00:00.000"  -if '(not $datetimeoriginal or ($datetimeoriginal eq "0000:00:00 00:00:00")) and ($filetype eq "JPEG")' /volume1/photo/2005/03\ -\ März\ 2005/25.03.2005/

[Phil Harvey]

Try this:

exiftool '-datetimeoriginal<${directory;m/(\d{2})\.(\d{2})\.(\d{4})/;$_="$3$2$1"} 00:00:00.000'  -if '(not $datetimeoriginal or ($datetimeoriginal eq "0000:00:00 00:00:00")) and ($filetype eq "JPEG")' /volume1/photos/2001/01.01.2001/

- Phil

[stefanjoa]

That worked! Thank you!

Is it possible to use the date from the filename and the time from the fileCreatedDate instead of 00:00:00.000?

[StarGeek]

What am I doing wrong?

You didn't mention you were not on Windows (just teasing)

Is it possible to use the date from the filename and the time from the fileCreatedDate instead of 00:00:00.000?

Replace 00:00:00 with ${FileCreateDate;DateFmt("%H:%M:%S")}