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How to change dates on photos <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Usually, when we shoot photos with modern cameras or smartphones, a\ntimestamp of the photo is being written into the metadata section of the JPEG\/RAW\nfile automatically. It works so naturally that we don\u2019t even think about the timestamps\nof photos anymore. But it was not always like that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the dawn of the age of digital cameras, many amateur photographers used\nto shoot photos without setting the correct date in the camera settings, which left\nthe date as it was set by the manufacturer \u2013 for instance, \u20181\/1\/2001.\u2019 If you\nhave a photo collection with images spanning the past few decades, you probably\ncan find such images in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another way to get photos without timestamps is to scan old prints from\nyour archive of family photos. Scanning software doesn\u2019t pay attention to\ntimestamps \u2013 it just scans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People put often these photos into folders with dates in their names,\ntrying to keep track of when the photos were shot, but barely do anything more.\nWe realized it would be nice if we could fix the timestamps of those images and\nget the correct date written to each photo\u2019s metadata, in order to have the\nphoto collection consistently bound to timeline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why Phototheca has the tool \u201cCorrect Timestamps,\u201d which can help fix this problem. This tool can bulk edit Exif data and change the date of multiple photos in one go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If photos were made with a digital camera, then those photos have the correct time distance between each other thanks to the inner timer of the camera. Although the photos have the wrong date, the time span in seconds between neighboring photos is correct. Therefore, if you know the exact (or approximate) day and time when photos were taken, you can use the batch time correction feature to easily fix the dates of all those photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just select one or multiple photos and go to menu Photos \u2192 Adjust Date And Time<\/em>. The following dialog appears:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first photo of the selection is called \u201cbasic photo,\u201d and when you set\na new timestamp for this photo, the timestamps of all the next photos will shift\naccordingly, counting the distance between the basic photo and the other photos.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want Phototheca to write corrected timestamps into the EXIF section of JPEGs, set the checkmark to \u201cModify original files.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apply this batch time shift for photos of a life event, and you will get correct timestamps in the metadata of these files like it was never missing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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