Date and Time Change In Lightroom

[nigelp4354156]

Any help please?

I have seen the advice on batch changing metadata in Lightroom which does work but only in the catalogue.My problem is I can't work out how to translate into a change of the original file in Windows. I have tried syncing metadata and this changes the creation time to now. If I export as a new catalogue the contents revert to the original time.

I'm totally confused!

Nigel

[johnrellis]

I can't work out how to translate into a change of the original file in Windows.

In Library, select the photos and do Metadata > Save Metadata To File. Alternatively, in Edit > Catalog Settings > Metadata, check the option Automatically Write Changes Into XMP, and LR will write all changes to metadata (date/time, caption, keywords, etc.) and develop settings back to the file.

Note that these changes are written directly to JPEGs, TIFFs, PNGs, and PSDs, but for raw files, they are written to a .xmp "sidecar" file of the same name. LR never writes out metadata for video.

[nigelp4354156]

Thanks John.

I have tried both of these methods both before and after your reply.

The metadata created changes the time of shooting to the current time as though just shot.

Any further suggestions?

I must be missing something somewhere

[johnrellis]

Take us through step by step, including what change you are making in LR and how you are checking for that change outside of LR.  Screenshots would be best (a thousand words, etc.).

[nigelp4354156]

I am changing the shooting time in the photos taken this week because I forgot to change the time back to GMT on my camera (not too important really but just trying to prove whether it can be done)

I am checking for changes in windows explorer. I can clearly see they change correctly in the catalogue but the time in and explorer and an exported catalogue are the current time.

Do you require anything else?

[nigelp4354156]

Hope you can see this shows the current time (not sure whereabouts you are)

The second image from Lightroom shows the date and time as changed in the catalogue view

[nigelp4354156 · Accepted solution]

John,

I do apologise. If I drill down further into the metadata I can see it has changed.

I do thank you for your time and patience 

[johnrellis]

No worries, so no issue then?

[nigelp4354156]

No John. In fact there never was as it turns out!

I spent hours of frustration over a problem that never was!

Thanks for your help