[digiKam-users] Image date problem

[mb668]

Hi all,

New digiKam user here (version 5.9.0 GNU/Linux) with an image date problem.

I have a group of image files from 1999 that have been moved across
various photo applications during their life (Aperture, Lightroom, now
digiKam) and have accumulated various dates in their metadata. In
digiKam these images from 1999 are displayed in 2015 (but with a modify
date in 4 January 1999). How can I file these images in the
chronologically-correct order?

I have tried various combinations of jhead and exiftool but with no success.

$exiftool -time:all -a -G0:1 -s <filename.jpg>  produces the following
output:


[File:System]   FileModifyDate                  : 1999:01:04 12:00:00+00:00
[File:System]   FileAccessDate                  : 2018:08:09 09:32:20+01:00
[File:System]   FileInodeChangeDate             : 2018:08:09 09:33:14+01:00
[EXIF:IFD0]     ModifyDate                      : 2015:11:10 15:49:30
[ICC_Profile:ICC-header] ProfileDateTime        : 1999:06:03 00:00:00
[XMP:XMP-xmp]   MetadataDate                    : 2015:11:10 15:49:30+10:30
[XMP:XMP-xmp]   ModifyDate                      : 2015:11:10 15:49:30+10:30
[XMP:XMP-xmpMM] HistoryWhen                     : 2015:11:10 15:49:30+10:30


I believe that either [EXIF:IFD0]ModifyDate and/or
[XMP:XMP-xmp]ModifyDate need to be changed to match the
[File:System]FileModifyDate but so far I have been unable to achieve
this. The date I would like to use (in the above example) is the
FileModifyDate 4 January 1999.

Is this the correct approach, or should I be thinking in a different way?

Thanks for your help.