EXIF Setter

Set date in EXIF metadata for old digitized photos based on date in file or folder name

If your old photo’s have correct EXIF metadata, they show in the correct order on your OneDrive or Google Photos timeline. Also contains an exporter to copy all files to an EXPORT directory for easy uploading to OneDrive or Google Photos.

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Rescue your old digitized family photos from metadata oblivion β€” this handy tool reads dates from your file and folder names and stamps proper EXIF data so your photo apps finally know when Grandmas birthday party actually happened.

Key features:

  • πŸ“… Parses dates from filenames and folder names in YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD formats
  • πŸ”„ Recursively scans directories so you can process entire photo archives at once
  • πŸ“Έ Sets DateTime, DateTimeOriginal, and DateTimeDigitized EXIF fields
  • 🧠 Auto-fills missing month and day with sensible defaults

This summary was generated by GitHub Copilot based on the project README.