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jimwestphoto1
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November 23, 2019
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Inserts Wrong Creation Date in Photoshop 21.0.1

  • November 23, 2019
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Recently, Photoshop has been inserting the wrong "creation date" in image files shot with my Mavic 2 drone and imported as DNG files. This has been an issue only since the beginning of this month (November 2019) - maybe coinciding with Photoshop 21.0.1 update? The creation date is correct on my drone's flight record, and it is correct when the images are imported to my computer with PhotoMechanic. The date seems corrupted only when I open images with Bridge. Instead of dates in early November 2019, Photoshop inserts mostly September 14, 2017. For a few images shot at the same time, it uses January 1, 1970.

The date is imported correctly in Raw files shot on my Canon EOS cameras.

I'm using Windows 10 Pro, 64 bit.

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Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma
Legend
November 25, 2019

Hi there,

 

That does not sound right, because it's not a typical experience.
As the creation date inverting, could you please let us know if that happens with a specific file type ot file?

 

Could you you please check the system's date and make sure that it's set to present day?
You may also try resetting the preferences of Photoshop and see if it helps. Preferences in Photoshop


I also found a forum thread similar to this issue, please check here: Date wrong when saving to JPG

 

Let us know if it helps.
Regards,
Akash

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jimwestphoto1Author
Participant
November 25, 2019

This happens with DNG files imported from my DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone, and also with JPG files imported from the drone. With JPG files, the date is set to 1/1/1970 instead of 9/14/2017. Files imported from my Canon EOS cameras in Raw are fine. When opening my drone's DNG or JPG files with Microsoft's Photos program, the correct date is displayed. The correct date is also shown when using PhotoMechanic.

Resetting preferences had no effect on this problem.

Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma
Legend
November 27, 2019

It seems like an issue with the Timezone. Were the jpegs and DJI images shot in the same time zone? Have you checked that the timezone & date are similar on your camera, computer and in Lightroom?

 

~Akash

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