Dates missing from my digiKam database

[Gilles Caulier]

Yes the metadata sync to repopulate the date in the database.

But the most important point is to know where to take the date in
metadata in your case. There is a advanced metadata panel in digiKam
where you can customize that. Another point is to know if the XMP
sidecar option need to be turned on.

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 15 juil. 2026 à 17:46, Randolph M. Fritz <rmfritz3 at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> Thanks. I've been using mySQL internal which, at least on the Mac, is in fact Maria.
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> Which option of the maintenance tool should I use? The metadata synchronizer? Or some other option?
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> Randolph M. Fritz || rmfritz3 at gmail.com
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> On Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 4:51 AM Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Migrating the databases without dates will not solve the problem. The
>> items are not re-scanned.
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>> Try to run the maintenance tool and be forced to scan all items.
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>> Note: MySQL has diverged from MariaDB in terms of compatibility,
>> particularly with the latest versions of MySQL. We strongly recommend
>> using MariaDB instead of MySQL.
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>> Best regards
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>> Gilles Caulier
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>> Le mer. 15 juil. 2026 à 07:20, Randolph M. Fritz <rmfritz3 at gmail.com> a écrit :
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>> > Since no-one replied, I ran the migration and…nothing happened. It didn't change the database in settings, and the dates didn't reappear. Do I have to rebuild the database from scratch? How do I even do that?
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>> > Randolph M. Fritz || rmfritz3 at gmail.com
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>> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM Randolph M. Fritz <rmfritz3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> Or at least, the dates don’t show up in the “Dates” view.
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>> >> It’s an internal mySQL database. Is there any easy way to repair this? Or would it be better just to migrate to SQLite? (I have 653 GB of image files.)
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>> >>> digiKam: 9.1.0
>> >>> KDE Frameworks: 6.26.0
>> >>> Qt: Using 6.11.0 and built against 6.11.0
>> >>> macOS Sequoia (15.7.7)
>> >>> Build ABI: arm64-little_endian-lp64
>> >>> Kernel: darwin 24.6.0
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>> >> --
>> >> Randolph M. Fritz || rmfritz3 at gmail.com
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