by truth » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:27 pm
Unfortunately, Explorer's DateTaken column isnt hard-wired to any exif-data.
It does first look for Exif:DateTimeOriginal, but can choose other DateTypes for its DateTaken column.
Example: When neither Exif:DateTimeOriginal or Exif:ModifyDate exist, it may choose XMP:CreateDate!
BRU's 8Type=Taken never searches beyond exif-data (it does prefer Exif:DateTimeOriginal to Exif:ModifyDate)
To view your file's actual DateTypes/Values, you could download exiftool & use the command:
exiftool -time:all -a -G0:1 -s filename.jpg
If you ONLY want to rename files with actual ExifDates, I'd use BRU (assuming you agree with above preference).
Just be cautious of combining non-8Settings that can match unwanted files.
Otherwise, I'd prob use exiftool, once I decided on the ordering of my date-rename preferences.