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Edit EXIF timestamp of images

Edit EXIF timestamp of images

May 26, 20251 min read

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exiftool image

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  • https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/217003/482223
  • https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/238528/482223
exiftool -DateTimeOriginal="2023:10:2 10:01:50+02:00" IMG_20231002_100150605.JPG
  • creation time: -CreateDate
  • modification time: -ModifyDate

  • there’s also the option to use existing metadata to overwrite other metadata, e.g., to set the DateTimeOriginal from the file’s modification time
exiftool "-DateTimeOriginal>FileModifyDate" test.jpg

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