EXIF time incorrect

[Tim Lyons]

I sort photos in Bridge, edit them in Photoshop and save them to my iPad. I just noticed that my recent iPad files are sorted in the wrong order. The EXIF date is one hour later than shown in Bridge. Photos saved separately and uploaded to my website have the correct time. I convert the Photoshop file to sRGB and Save a Copy in JPEG format in both cases.

I'm not sure when this started. There are over 7000 photos on my iPad, and a time being off by an hour wouldn't stand out during normal use. I'm currently editing files from last June, and the files that I edited recently have an hour added to the EXIF data. The files that I edited from that folder in June have the correct time. That caused files from one location to be sorted with files from a later location that day.

Photoshop 23.1.0

Bridge 9.1

Camera Raw 14.1

Mac Pro 2019

Mac OS 10.15.7

iPad Pro 12.9 inch 3rd generation

iPadOS 15.2

[Tim Lyons]

I just took a copy of one of the photos that has an incorrect time from my iPad and moved it into the folder on my Mac. Bridge shows the correct time, so I assume that an update to the iPad OS software is the problem.

[J453]

When you view the files on your iPad, what app are you using to to inspect the EXIF/date? Are the time zones the same on both the desktop and the iPad?

[Tim Lyons]

I used the Photos app to check the EXIF on the iPad.  The time zones are the same.

Photoshop isn't the problem. Since my last post I AirDropped a copy of the photo from my iPad to my Mac and moved it into the folder for that session. The time in Bridge was an hour later than the other files created from the .CR2 file. The wording in my previous post was incorrect.  It should have said:

"I just took a copy of one of the photos that has an incorrect time from THE FOLDER ON MY MAC THAT I SYNC FILES FROM TO my iPad and moved it into the folder FOR THAT SESSION on my Mac. Bridge shows the correct time, so I assume that an update to the iPad OS software is the problem."

The file created by Photoshop had the correct time when I moved a copy back into the session folder and viewed it in Bridge. A copy of the file that ended up on my iPad had a time an hour later. The time shifted during the syncing, so the Mac or iPad software is the problem.