Timezone issue?

[rienvanham]

Hi Mario,

I have some photo's with an unknown creationdate but I know the year (e.g. 1967). When I fill the "Date Subject Created" with "1967-01-01" the photo is added to "1967" in the Timeline. But, if I fill the  "Date Subject Created" with "1967-01-01+02:00"  the photo is added to "1966" in the Timeline. Do I oversee something?

Thanks in advance!
Cheers, Rien.

[Mario]

What's your time-zone?

"1967-01-01+02:00" is very near to the beginning of the year. If your time-zone is > 2 hours from UTC, the File.DateTime (which is in your local time-zone) may fall into the year before.

Maybe use "1967-01-02+02:00" instead? (A day further from the beginning of the year)
Or maybe match the time-zone offset to your local time-zone offset.

[rienvanham]

Hi Mario,

Off course I can live with it. I tried it with "1967-01-01" and "1967:01:01 00:00:00+01:00" (which is the correct timezone for the Netherlands) iMatch stores it in the correct year. But  1967-01-01 00:00:00+02:00" not. I was just wondering if I missed any setting.

Thanks for your response!

[Mario]

IMatch uses File.DateTime to anchor files on the timeline, event view etc.
See How IMatch uses Date and Time Information Check the date and time shown in the File Window (Default layout). It should be 1967 when the file is put into 1967.

[rienvanham]

I only tested it with "Date Subject Created". Didn't change any other tag. +02:00 stores it in 1966; +01:00 stores it in 1967.

[Mario]

Try the 2nd day of the year.

[rienvanham]

I just don't use the timezone because it isn't that important. Then it works fine.

Thanks!