[GRLUG] Set .jpg modified date/time from EXIF info?

Benjamin Eavey ben at eavey.com
Wed Jun 20 09:10:10 EDT 2007


>> I have a pet project I'm working on, and I figure there HAS to be an 
>> easier way to do this.  I'm trying to get a large collection of .jpg 
>> files to show their last modified date/time to be the same as the photo 
>> creation date/time stored in the EXIF information in the file, which was 
>> put there by the digital camera that took the pictures.
> 
> A program called jhead claims to have that function:
> 
> -ft
> Sets the file's system time stamp to what is stored in the Exif header.
> 

I just tried it, and it's perfect!  Exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks, Jeff!

-Ben


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