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awillemd
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June 26, 2021
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LRC Changing Capture Date and Time

  • June 26, 2021
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When I export a .TIF file and convert it to a .jpg file, LRC changes the Capture Date and Time to the Current Date and Time.  This is totally new behavior and results in my edited files being separated from my .CR3 files as I sort by date.

 

Is this a known bug?  Is there a work around for this?  

 

A similar thing happens when I export to Photomatix and it re-imports into LRC.  The Capture Date and Time are changed to the current Date and Time.  This is brand new behavior, I believe as a result of version 10.3 coming out.

 

I am using Lightroom 10.3 and Windows 10.

 

Thank you in advance.  

 

Willem deGroot

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johnrellis
johnrellis
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June 27, 2021

It sounds like your TIFF doesn't have a capture date actually stored in its metadata (in the field EXIF:DateTimeOriginal) -- in such cases, LR displays the file's date-modified (the last time any app or the operating system modified the file) in the Metadata panel as the photo's capture date. But it is totally inconsistent about what date it uses for other operations. 

 

In Library, select the TIFF and do Metadata > Edit Capture Time. If the date/time displayed isn't correct, change it. Then click Change, whether or not the displayed date is correct. Now, the photo will its capture date stored in its metadata, and it should export with the correct capture date.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    June 27, 2021

    Clarification: If the date/time displayed isn't correct, change it. Then click Change, whether or not the displayed date originally displayed was correct.

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    June 27, 2021

    Another observation is that images that were directly imported from my CF Express card to my desktop computer do not have this problem of LRC changing the capture date and time to the current date and time.  It is only the files that were imported into my laptop first that seem to have this problem.

     

    Willem


    The behavior I described occurs with any type of photo (raw, TIFF, JPEG) missing a metadata capture date.  Detailed troubleshooting steps:

     

    1. How are you determining the capture date of the exported photo?  If you are using Windows File Explorer, which column or property field are you looking at in particular? If another app, what's its name and the label of the field you're looking at? 

     

    2. In your desktop LR, select one of the problem photos. In the Metadata panel, choose the EXIF tagset.  Is there a line Date Time Original, as shown here:

     

     

    3. If there isn't, then do Metadata > Edit Capture Time.  If the date/time displayed isn't correct, change it. Then click Change, whether or not the displayed date originally displayed was correct. Now do an export again. 

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