[digiKam-users] Issues with Date while importing images

[Jozef Riha]

Hello,

personally I'd recommend trying out Rapid photo downloader (if you're on
Linux). I use it to import photos from USB/different folder and only use DK
for tag management, organization etc.

Cheers, jose

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:42 AM Ramnarayan.K Digikam <
ramnarayank+digikam at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hello
>
> This is a recurring issue
>
> I have an external drive where I keep all my pictures
>
> I use the import from usb storage tool to get the pictures from the SD
> cards
>
> While importing i Like organizing them by date following the format and
> renaming them to have the date appended to the front of the original file
> name
>
> Year (folder)
> Month (Sub folder)
> Date (sub-sub folder)
>
> In the import "File Renaming" options this is my current format
> Customze *[date:yyyyMMdd][file]*
>
>
> this comes with the rider Note - File Meta Data Not Used
>
>
> In *Auto Creation of Allbums* option I use the following settings
>
> Date Bsed sub-albums
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> Date Format Custom *dd*
>
>
> (attaced below is the screen shot)
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> The reason I use dd is because i rename my months to look like this
>
> 01_January_2021
>
> 02_February_2021
>
>
> and so forth --
>
>
> this kind of customization is not available via the date based sub-album
> import feature.
>
>
> *The issue is* Digikam is renaming the files with the wrong date -
> usually a day later - this is not for all the files on a certain date but
> for some usually that are later in the evening
>
>
> I Have checked the timezones on the Cameras, and the computer they are all
> set to the Same Indian Standard Time
>
>
> As you may realize, then having to find and rename those files is a huge
> headache - because sometimes I will have a week to 10 days worth of
> pictures from a trekking trip.
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>
>
> ***
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> Specs
>
> Digikam 6.4.0
>
> running on Linux Mint 20 Ulyana \n \l
>
>
> on the repos there is no later version that is available and I don't like
> using flatpak installations.
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>
> ***
>
> Look forward to your advice
>
>
> thanks
>
> ram
>
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> [image: image.png]
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