Event date in UI not matching MOV file's Creation Date Metadata
Mandatory: Shotwell version the issue was seen with
0.30.10
The expected behaviour
The dates shown in the shotwell UI under "Events" should match the date found in the Creation Date metadata of the MOV file
What was actually happening
The date shown in the Event panel in shotwell UI appears to be the date that I performed the inport from my iphone (May 12 2021). The MOV file itself however shows a Creation Date of May 28 2018 via exiftool (see below). The file exists in a directory (created by shotwell) named Home/Pictures/2018/05/28.
Steps to reproduce the issue
- Import MOV files from iphone
- Observe that in the shotwell UI the "Event" date does not match the MOV file's Creation Date
Some metadata dump using exiftool -time:all:
MOV file on phone:
File Modification Date/Time : 2018:05:28 13:56:32-07:00 File Access Date/Time : 0000:00:00 00:00:00 File Inode Change Date/Time : 0000:00:00 00:00:00 Create Date : 2018:05:28 20:56:31 Modify Date : 2018:05:28 20:56:32 Track Create Date : 2018:05:28 20:56:31 Track Modify Date : 2018:05:28 20:56:32 Media Create Date : 2018:05:28 20:56:31 Media Modify Date : 2018:05:28 20:56:32 Creation Date : 2018:05:28 13:56:30-07:00
MOV file after import from shotwell:
File Modification Date/Time : 2021:05:12 00:05:49-07:00 File Access Date/Time : 2021:05:14 20:34:05-07:00 File Inode Change Date/Time : 2021:05:12 00:05:49-07:00 Create Date : 2021:05:12 07:05:48 Modify Date : 2021:05:12 07:05:49 Track Create Date : 2021:05:12 07:05:48 Track Modify Date : 2021:05:12 07:05:49 Media Create Date : 2021:05:12 07:05:48 Media Modify Date : 2021:05:12 07:05:49 Creation Date : 2018:05:28 13:56:30-07:00