P: Edit/Sync Photo changes the Capture Time.

@KentSpain85: " LRC 14.1"

Update to LR 14.1.1, which has a fix for this bug.

Hello, I've found a very, very frustrating bug. I have my Canon CR3 photos imported, and the time stamp on all the photos are correct, but for some reason Lightroom Classic is importing SOME IMAGES incorrectly. I figured I'd remove the photo and readd it, and it will add it correctly with the correct time stamp in the information window, and within 5-10 seconds it will throw it somewhere else within the library.

I originally had XMP data being saved, I thought it was that. So I disabled it and removed all the XMP files, and reimported the images, and they imported correctly. Within 15 seconds, they would jump again to another location in the library. Here's an example:

This is what Windows reports (which is correct):

This is what Lightroom Classic reports upon importing:

This is what Lightroom reports after a few seconds

As you can see it has changed the time, thus throwing it in the middle of a set of photos taken hours before.

I have removed the photos, removed the XMP data, reimported, and it's always the same behavior.

The TRULY frastring thing is that if I reimport them, edit them, and then have to re-read the metadata or anything like that, then all the edits will be lost. This is truly broken and random. And it happens to MANY MANY images.

Any suggestions?

Windows 11, LRC 14.1

After updating to Lightroom Classic 14.1 all shots from my iPhone which go through the cloud are losing their original capture dates.  A shot on my phone that goes throught the syncing proces may end up with the original capture date, a date a few days into the future or some I imported today are showing Jan 10 2025.  I've tried using the Metadata command to revert time to original which often works but sometimes changes a correct time to an incorrect time.

Pretty much everything imported in December is not showing the correct capture date order.  The other thing I've noticed is this process is now importing video files when syncing which it never has done before.  Not sure if these are bugs but they have definitely thrown my folders into disarray.

Jim McNally

@Percy Bottle: "I removed it from the catalog (hit the delete key on it, then chose the option that does NOT delete the file from the disk), then added it back by using "Synchronise Folder...". ... This method of removing and re-adding the photo to the catalog preserves all your edits to the photo."

VERY IMPORTANT: Your edits will be preserved ONLY if you did Metadata > Save Metadata To File before removing it from the catalog or you've set the option Catalog Settings > Metadata > Automatically Write Changes Into XMP.

I upgraded to 14.1.1 and after doing a "Revert to Original Time" on all of my affected photos (about 150), the issue was resolved for all but one photo. That last remaining photo refused to play ball and continued to keep re-syncing and having it's capture time set incorrectly. I removed it from the catalog (hit the delete key on it, then chose the option that does NOT delete the file from the disk), then added it back by using "Synchronise Folder...". Now it's behaving itself. This method of removing and re-adding the photo to the catalog preserves all your edits to the photo. The only thing you have to do is add it back to any collections it was in. My one uncooperative photo was added back to a synchronised collection and it's still doing the right thing now.

So anyone who has upgraded to 14.1.1 and is still experiencing issues, this might be worth a shot.

@JohanElzenga @Rikk Flohr: Photography As of today, I still have images that are having their capture time change after syncing. Now, it seems I don't even need to make an edit. Simply opening an image in Loupe view (which causes a larger preview to be created) will cause the time stamp to change. The oddest part is that it's not every image, only some of them. I'm still seeing a very clear 4 hour change.

Ich habe grosse Probleme mit der Synchronisierung. Ich nutzt das Lightroom Classic CC in der neuste Version sowie Lightroom CC auf meinem Laptop.

Ich arbeite an beiden PCs um die Bilder mit STernen zu versehen. Das funktioniert auch, ABER seit dem letzten Update wird ab und zu das Datum in den Metadaten verändert mit Datum sowie Uhrzeit. 

Mit diesem Fehler kann ich die Synchronisierung nicht mehr brauchen, da eine Anpassung des Datums mit komischen Stundenverschiebungen nicht akzeptiert werden kann

I will correct myself a little since I have done more testing
If I edit a file that not was edited or synced in LRC 14.1 then it seems to work correct now in LRC 14.1.1.
And it seems to me that the workaround for files affected of the bug in LRC 14.1 supposed by JohanElzenga
works at least when I tested that.

UPDATE: I did some more tests, and it seems to me that this is a 'one off' final glitch. Before updating to 14.1.1, I had already changed the capture time back using 'Revert Capture Time to Original' for my test images. Making a small edit in order to let them sync again, created the problem again. The time shift occurred again after a short while. I repeated the process (revert to original, make edit to force sync) and now the corrected time seems to stick.

I installed the LRC 14.1.1 yesterday and at first it seems worked. 
But But when i tested today same behavior occurs 

After editing a picture the time was 1 hour back 
So i would say this issue is not solved with LRC 14.1.1