Automator script to change created date using metadata Date

[NoBoMac]

Think it's just replace the mdls stuff with exiftool:

touch -t $(date -j -f "%Y%m%d%H%M" -v-6H $(/usr/local/bin/exiftool -CreateDate -d "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" -s3 "$f")) "$f"

Or break it out:

dstr=$(date -j -f "%Y%m%d%H%M" -v-6H $(/usr/local/bin/exiftool -CreateDate -d "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" -s3 "$f"))
touch -t $dstr $f

 

[Endeavor444]

Thank you so much for you fast answer @NoBoMac, really appreciate it!

I tried both of your codes but got error messages..

I asked a friend and he said it's not 2022 anymore and that I should ask ChatGPT haha

This code works to modify both creation and modification date with changing the hour with a number before H, via automator:

# Loop through all the video files passed as arguments
for f in "$@"
do
    # Extract Create Date using exiftool
    createDate=$(/usr/local/bin/exiftool -CreateDate -d "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" -s3 "$f")

    # Calculate new date by adding +/- with a number before H
    newDate=$(date -j -v+8H -f "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" "$createDate" +"%Y%m%d%H%M.%S")

    # Update both creation and modification dates using touch
    touch -t "$newDate" "$f"
done

 

[NoBoMac]

Yeah, dropped the + for date format and had the seconds field missing for date command when I cut/pasted.

 

[Endeavor444]

For clarity, I tried your new code in Automator:

for f in "$@"
do
   touch -t $(date -v+8H +"%Y%m%d%H%M" $(/usr/local/bin/exiftool -CreateDate -d "%Y%m%d%H%M" -s3 "$f")) "$f"
done

And I get this Error Message 😅:

 

[NoBoMac]

Yeah, typo-ed again.

touch -t $(date -j -v+8H -f "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" $(/usr/local/bin/exiftool -CreateDate -d "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" -s3 "$f") +"%Y%m%d%H%M.%S") "$f"

% ls -l "$f"
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myid  staff  4429318 Aug 16 16:04 IMG_1417.jpeg
% /usr/local/bin/exiftool -CreateDate -d "%Y%m%d%H%M" -s3 "$f"
202306172121
% touch -t $(date -j -v+8H -f "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" $(/usr/local/bin/exiftool -CreateDate -d "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" -s3 "$f") +"%Y%m%d%H%M.%S") "$f"
% ls -l "$f"
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myid  staff  4429318 Jun 18 05:21 IMG_1417.jpeg

 

[Endeavor444]

Works perfectly now, thank youuu and good night from Germany!!!