update filePropertyDate("MediaInfo:Recorded_Date") please

[sbennet1]

change the filePropertyDate("MediaInfo:Recorded_Date") so that is returns a date.

Currently the date string is in the format of 2017-02-28T16:10:21-0800 which is not recognized as a date in filePropertyDate("MediaInfo:Recorded_Date")
Please allow the filePropertyDate("MediaInfo:Recorded_Date") to recognize it as a date.

[Admin]

Hi, would you be able to send a small test file for this to support via email? thanks

[sbennet1]

Sorry for the late response I was on vacation.

Link to test file. It is on Google drive. Just download it.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_ZxGyUhLFpeAiJ_X6vT3BnjO7qLqSyB/view?usp=sharing

I tested the file using the following code:

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// Collect date objects
  var d_rec = filePropertyDate("MediaInfo:Recorded_Date");
  var d_tag = filePropertyDate("MediaInfo:Tagged_Date");

  // Collect raw strings
  var s_rec = fileProperty("MediaInfo:Recorded_Date");
  var s_tag = fileProperty("MediaInfo:Tagged_Date");

  // Alert raw fields for diagnostics
  alert(
    "Recorded_Date (date): " + (d_rec || "null") + "\n" +
    "Recorded_Date (str): " + (s_rec || "null") + "\n\n\n" +
    "Tagged_Date (date): " + (d_tag || "null") + "\n" +
    "Tagged_Date (str): " + (s_tag || "null") + "\n"
  );



If you run the code on the test file you will see that Recoded date as a date returns null and as a string it returns a date that can be parsed. I also displayed the Tagged Date which shows a date both a date and a string

[therube]

(Maybe ? something here, JavaScript ISO Date to human readable.)

[sbennet1]

(Maybe ? something here, JavaScript ISO Date to human readable.)

That is my point. The date is not exactly in ISO format. I am asking the the filePropertyDate do the conversion and return a proper date instead of null. This file came from an apple download of a movie file. I was hoping the the filePropertyDate function could do the conversion instead of doing a custom program to do the conversion.