Need to copy the date modified to date picture taken on multiple files

Need to copy the date modified to date picture taken on multiple files

whats my best option, this is to copy to the same file, or i could make a copy of the files in another folder

i looked at various apps inc exiftoolgui, but none seem to do this, which is quite basic...i believe

thanks

Just a question, seems to me the desire is to get the date from Properties, Details of an image file, don't know of anything that can extract that except what I see in this image:

I assume this is not a one-off job for a small set of files that you'd be happy to read individually in Properties, Details then alter manually using, say, SKTimeStamp Not relevant. This idea would only apply to wanting to read the Date taken and change the Date created or Date last modified to that value. You want the other way around and this idea cannot be used for changing Date taken.



I do not know of a ready-made tool for the job but you might find one.



I think you'll have to write your own PowerShell tool. See Set EXIF DateTaken as file CreationTime - Stack Overflow for some inspiration.

You should be able to operate on the original files but could make copies of them first if you wanted to be cautious.

The way I do it for my two needs
- Set Date last modified from Date created
- Set Date created from Date last modified
is to write a script to do each job, create shortcuts to those scripts & copy the shortcuts into the SendTo folder
then I can right-click on files & select SendTo then the relevant shortcut for whichever job I want to do on that occasion
so that the desired script executes for the selected files.

My two scripts are:
- Set Date last modified from Date created {vbs script, ps1 script also worked out}
- Set Date created from Date last modified {batch script making use of PowerShell commands}


I seem to have some old notes that are relevant to your particular needs.
In my PS folders
How can I get programmatic access to the Date taken field of an image or video - SO
How to rename your photos by the date taken - HM
Modify Date Taken values on Photos with PowerShell, the Update-ExifDateTaken script cmdlet - CW
In my vbs folders
vbscript system.photo.datetaken problem - TomL - TN
VBScript to extract Date Taken from a photo - SU
Find all photographs taken on a certain date - SO



Best of luck,
Denis

Thank you for the ideas

reddwarf4ever said:

Need to copy the date modified to date picture taken on multiple files

whats my best option, this is to copy to the same file, or i could make a copy of the files in another folder

i looked at various apps inc exiftoolgui, but none seem to do this, which is quite basic...i believe

thanks

Actually I have been able to change file dates using EXIFToolGUI.

Wow Martin, I spent ages looking for an app to do the job, some dud it some didn’t do recursive folders etc etc,
Bulk file changer looks promising, but finally found xnview, which does it all, most likely uses ExifTool as it’s basis.
So I’m all sorted for now, having fun and games with Lightroom Classic, it’s been a steep learning curve, but getting somewhere finally, days and days wasted, well not wasted, let’s call it training. So I’m sorry Martin if I’ve made you work. Thanks everyone else also,
It’s interesting that some basic utility apps to just change a date or rename some files cost so much, when if you look hard enough there are many free alternatives, some even work LOL