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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000792 | GeoSetter | Image Data | public | 2011-04-03 15:54 | 2011-04-24 01:12 |
| Reporter | michel_c | Assigned To | Friedemann | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | major | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | assigned | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 3.4.14 Release | ||||
| Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||
| Summary | 0000792: File creation date should not be updated | ||||
| Description | The file creation date is systematically updated by Geosetter, if changes are saved. The only option we have is to update or not the file modification date. For me, the file creation date should not be updated (we only modify files). At least, it should be optional. I am using Geosetter with scanned pictures (so I have no EXIF information), and in my workflow I rely on Windows file dates. I think, the file creation date should be stable during the lifecycle of a file and not be modified by applications. | ||||
| Additional Information | I am using Windows 7, 64 bit. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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GeoSetter is using ExifTool to write any modifications. I found the following in the ExifTool Forum (http://u88.n24.queensu.ca/exiftool/forum/index.php/topic,3127.0.html): Your command writes the 3 common metadata date/time tags. When writing, the filesystem creation and modification dates will be set to the current time. You can use -P to preserve the filesystem modification date, or write FileModifyDate to set it to whatever you want. ExifTool can not be used to set the filesystem creation date. - Phil So I don't think it's possible that the file creation time will be stable during the lifecycle of the file. |
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It should be possible to preserve the creation date (and other filesystem-specific information) using the exiftool -overwrite_original_in_place option, although the "_original" backups will not be generated, and you will take a performance hit using this option. - Phil |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2011-04-03 15:54 | michel_c | New Issue | |
| 2011-04-03 22:44 | heiko | Note Added: 0001539 | |
| 2011-04-03 22:46 | heiko | Note Edited: 0001539 | |
| 2011-04-05 18:40 | boardhead | Note Added: 0001542 | |
| 2011-04-05 18:40 | boardhead | Note Edited: 0001542 | |
| 2011-04-24 01:12 | Friedemann | Status | new => assigned |
| 2011-04-24 01:12 | Friedemann | Assigned To | => Friedemann |
