Date folders created using import are UTC based

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi,

8.3.0 pre-release bundles are there :

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le jeu. 4 janv. 2024 à 17:34, Matt & Lek <st11x at yahoo.com> a écrit :
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> Hi Maik,
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> Where do you get version 8.3.0? Yes I am using the Windows version, the one tar ball version.
> I see the documentation saying 8.3.0 but when you go to the download page https://www.digikam.org/download/, the latest version is 8.2.0.
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> thanks
>   Matt
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> On Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 11:08:16 PM PST, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:
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> This problem should already be fixed in digiKam-8.3.0. I assume you are using
> the Windows version. By switching from Qt5 to Qt6 there are some unexpected
> date conversions to local time. We therefore switched internally to a UTC date
> format in digiKam-8.3.0, also because of a massive performance problem under
> Windows regarding the local time format.
>
> Maik
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> Am Donnerstag, 4. Januar 2024, 02:05:18 CET schrieb Matt & Lek:
> > Hi,
> > I am importing images from the SD card and have used the custom date option
> > with this simple value : yyyy/MM/dd
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> >
> > when the files are imported, I suspect the folder created is based on the
> > UTC date.
> >
> > In this example, the image was filed under 2024 even though the image has a
> > 2023 created date. Is there a way to change this? thanks  Matt
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