I did an initial import of my photo library and found that some photos have unexpected dates assigned:
- PS thinks that the picture was created on 2002-12-08, 12:00.
- According to windows, the picture was created on 2013-09-28, 16:05.
exiftool shows both dates (see below): The correct deate as “Date/Time Original”, the incorrect one as “Create Date”. Since all photos in my collection from this particular smartphone have this date assigned, this inconsistency was probably a bug in the phone’s camera app.
So one can probably argue whether this is really a bug in PhotoStructure, but maybe it makes sense to tune the heuristics here?
$ exiftool IMG_20130928_160557.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 12.05
File Name : IMG_20130928_160557.jpg
Directory : .
File Size : 1943 kB
File Modification Date/Time : 2013:09:28 16:05:56+02:00
File Access Date/Time : 2021:03:22 13:55:10+01:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2013:09:28 16:05:56+02:00
File Permissions : rwxrwxrwx
File Type : JPEG
File Type Extension : jpg
MIME Type : image/jpeg
Exif Byte Order : Big-endian (Motorola, MM)
Make : HUAWEI
Camera Model Name : U8860
X Resolution : 72
Y Resolution : 72
Resolution Unit : inches
Y Cb Cr Positioning : Centered
Exposure Time : 1/3030
ISO : 160
Exif Version : 0220
Date/Time Original : 2013:09:28 16:05:56
Create Date : 2002:12:08 12:00:00
Components Configuration : Y, Cb, Cr, -
Flash : No Flash
Focal Length : 4.6 mm
Flashpix Version : 0100
Color Space : sRGB
Exif Image Width : 3264
Exif Image Height : 2448
Interoperability Index : R98 - DCF basic file (sRGB)
Interoperability Version : 0100
Compression : JPEG (old-style)
Thumbnail Offset : 500
Thumbnail Length : 58692
Image Width : 3264
Image Height : 2448
Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample : 8
Color Components : 3
Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2)
Image Size : 3264x2448
Megapixels : 8.0
Shutter Speed : 1/3030
Thumbnail Image : (Binary data 58692 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Focal Length : 4.6 mm```
## Environment
Operating system and version: Windows 10
PhotoStructure edition: PhotoStructure for Desktop, v0.9.1.