P: "Debug Capture Time" appears in dialog

I verified that Debug Capture Time no longer is available via the Customize button in the Metadata panel.

Also, the workaround is to use the Metadata > Edit Capture Time command to assign explicitly a capture time to such photos. That will fill in Date Time Original and avoid the inconsistency.

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"why lightroom sorts photos using this field instead of Capture Date/Time?"

It's a longstanding LR bug -- LR behaves inconsistently when Date Time Original (the EXIF field where cameras record when the shutter was pressed) is blank.  The values displayed in the Metadata panel for Capture Date/Time, the values shown in the Filter bar's Date column, and the order in which photos are sorted won't match.

Adobe tried a couple times years ago to fix this but never got it right, and it's self-evidently not a priority for them. See this bug report:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-still-inconsistent-capture-date-time-for-photos-and-videos/idi-p/12664084

Thanks for your replies. I can understand that Debug Time shouldn't be actually visible (used only by developers) but why lightroom sorts photos using this field instead of Capture Date/Time? 

If create date is different than debug create time, then it is sorted by debug create time as shown in below photo:

Why this behaviour?

Kasia

Please help us out. What software are you talking about? Where in that software do you see this "Debug Capture Time"? Can you provide a screen capture? Please use the "Insert Photos" icon to include your screen capture in your reply. Do not attach files.