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July 22, 2011

P: Wrong folder names organizing by date when using camera USB

  • July 22, 2011
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When importing from a camera connected to USB (at least for a Canon EOS 40D Firmware 1.1.1 in my case), lightroom generates wrong folder names when organizing folders by date, at least for the "2011/2011-07-22" format (I guess it's the same for the other formats). 

I use Lightroom 3.4.1 on Windows XP 32 Bit SP 3 and my time zone is CET+DST (Paris, Berlin). I shot six photos an hour apart around midnight CET+DST from 21:30 on Thursday to 02:30 on friday (I changed the camera's time for that) and got the following folder/file structure using a USB connection to the camera: 

2011\2011-07-21\20110721-213022-IMG_0314.CR2 
2011\2011-07-22\20110721-223033-IMG_0315.CR2 <<< wrong folder 
2011\2011-07-22\20110721-233041-IMG_0316.CR2 <<< wrong folder 
2011\2011-07-22\20110722-003049-IMG_0317.CR2 
2011\2011-07-22\20110722-013055-IMG_0318.CR2 
2011\2011-07-22\20110722-023102-IMG_0319.CR2 

Clearly, the two marked files are in the wrong folder. Note that the file naming itself (date and time) is absolutely correct! 

When I import the same six photos using a card reader from the CF card, I get the correct structure: 

2011\2011-07-21\20110721-213022-IMG_0314.CR2 
2011\2011-07-21\20110721-223033-IMG_0315.CR2 <<< now correct folder 
2011\2011-07-21\20110721-233041-IMG_0316.CR2 <<< now correct folder 
2011\2011-07-22\20110722-003049-IMG_0317.CR2 
2011\2011-07-22\20110722-013055-IMG_0318.CR2 
2011\2011-07-22\20110722-023102-IMG_0319.CR2 

This seems to be some "time zone / daylight savings time bug" affecting all photos made from two hours before midnight until just before midnight (my local time is UTC plus two hours) - but why only for camera USB and not for card reader? I didn't test it for a date that has no DST, but I would bet that it would affect photos from *one* hour before midnight, then. 

P.S. The wrong folder structure also already shows in the folder preview in the import dialog. Here is the wrong structure using USB to camera: 

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...and the correct one using a card reader: 

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    Camille242226466uhs
    Participant
    April 27, 2022

    Bonjour !

     

    Je souhaite renommer mes photos en mentionnant l'heure de capture. Malheureusement, il y a un décalage de deux heures qui s'affiche sur mes noms de fichiers...

    Lightroom m'indique pourtant la bonne heure de capture dans les métadonnées, et mon ordinateur ainsi que mon appareil photo (Nikon D4) sont également à jour. Comment expliquer et résoudre ce problème de décalage horaire s'il vous plaît ?

    J'utilise Lightroom Classic sous la version 9.4, sur un mac OS version 10.13.6.

     

    Bonne soirée.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    April 30, 2022

    1. Are you renaming the photos during Import or after they are imported?

     

    2. What time zone are you in?

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    Camille242226466uhs
    Participant
    April 30, 2022

    Hello,

     

    1. I set my Lightroom so that it would rename automatically the photos as I am taking them. So during import.

    2. I live in France, my time zone is UTC+2. 

     

    Camille

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    TheGremlin
    Participating Frequently
    December 15, 2021

    The same problem occurs if you import the photos from an iPhone via something like WiFi transfer to a local drive and then import them into light room. the rename functions and gives the correct date in the file name but the files are put in the wrong folder. 

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    January 3, 2021

    Same problem occurs when importing from iPhone via USB.

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 20, 2020


    When importing photos, I open it as a daily subfolder. If the file creation date and modification date are the same, it is uploading to the correct folder. If the modification date is different, it creates a folder according to the modification date. Thus, half of the photos are uploaded to another folder and half of them are uploaded.
    I want the Destination organized "by date" setting to create a folder according to "Created Date".
    This setting is possible in the file name. I use it as a preset. I'm very satisfied. However, uploading to this wrong folder disrupts all my work.


    Can I change this folder open date setting to "Creation Date"?

    - LR ver. 9.2.1
    - Time zones and hour / minute / second on both devices are the same; UTC +3 Istanbul
    - Iphone 6, IOS v12.4.7










    Sunil_Bhaskaran
    Sunil_Bhaskaran
    Inspiring
    October 11, 2018
    We are aware of the iPhone import issue on Windows and are working on the same.
    Could you please let us know if any of you are facing this issue with the Camera USB import?

    Thanks,
    Sunil
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    October 3, 2018

    I found solution to this bug.

    Solution is wait!

    https://youtu.be/zMphV33PkZc

    herrclich
    herrclich
    Participating Frequently
    September 16, 2018


    with LR 6.10.1 the import of photos seems to be random regarding the date of capture. Photos are not detected as already imported and will be placed in a totally wrong folder. I use a standard LR folder structure that is based on the capture date.
    Today I was importing again from the iPhone and LR found over 800 new photos to import. A lot of them were already there, but the actual LR version placed them in totally wrong folders (capture date). some are from 2012 and are now imported to a folder of 2017. The exif data and also the LR meta data is showing the correct capture date.

    Some weeks ago I have already posted the issue, but somebody merged the topic with a video import issue. Please do not merge it again with such a topic. It is strictly related to the photo import and has nothing to do with mpg4 time zone issues.

    I am referring to the following initial report:
    https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/wrong-date-on-import-photos-from-iphone
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    sloanish1
    Participating Frequently
    September 16, 2018
    So - this has been going on for 7 years. WOW - thought I would repost this from a similar thread in hope of getting some traction.
    "It's embarrassing that after many years of this bug being reported, Adobe still hasn't fixed it. It completely messes up my workflow"
    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 15, 2018
    Still a problem for iPhone imports by USB.  Six photos- all with same date metadata, imported into three different dated folders. See my Post#3 at- https://forums.adobe.com/message/10621597#10621597

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 16, 2018
    Totally pathetic this is still an issue. Must be some kind of petty personality conflict. Very basic feature.
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