How To Rename Photos by Date Taken

Bulk Rename Utility How-To's

How To Rename Photos by Date Taken

Postby Admin » Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:01 am

Digital cameras, including the ones in smartphones, store details called metadata inside photo files. Metadata can include information such as camera settings, the date a picture is taken, and even latitude and longitude when a photo is taken. With Bulk Rename Utility you can use this info to rename the pictures.

For example, with the Bulk Rename Utility Auto-Date option, you can add date taken in a format of your choice to the file names of your digital photos.

Using the Auto-Date (8) section:

- Use Mode to put a date at the end (Suffix) or beginning (Prefix) of a file name.

- Use Type to choose from the date of Creation (of the file), the date the file was Modified or Accessed, or the date the photo was Taken. Options ending in (Curr.) will use the current date at the time of renaming. Options ending in (New) will require you to find the menu at the top of the window and select Options > Timestamp to set new values.

- Use Fmt to specify how you want the date to be formatted (Day, Month, Year, etc.)

- Use Sep. to add characters that will separate the date from the rest of the file name.

- Click the checkbox for Cent. to include the century in the year, prompting a year that looks like 2018 instead of just 18.

Then select the files you wish to rename using these criteria and click 'Preview' to review changes and then 'Rename".
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