Remove time stamps........?

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Remove time stamps........?

Postby papillon22 » Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:56 pm

Hi
I am an old fogie who is struggling to get to grips with technology & was very pleased with myself after managing a clean install of Windows 10 on my Lenovo W520 laptop without too much trauma.
However, I think I managed to screw up restoring my File History as everything has acquired, what I've discovered, is a UTC time stamp appended to each file name. Much research has brought me here as I'm told that BRU is the answer but I am completely flumoxed as to how to proceed - could some body please take me through the process as simply as possible?
Many thanks!
Papi
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Re: Remove time stamps........?

Postby therube » Wed Aug 22, 2018 5:01 pm

Examples of the filenames?
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Re: Remove time stamps........?

Postby papillon22 » Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:12 pm

Thanks for the reply, sorry - the file names all end as follows:

Bertrand Russell (2017_10_24 11_26_27 UTC).jpg

B & I 8-Oct-16 (2017_10_24 11_26_27 UTC).jpg

Thanks again
Papi
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Re: Remove time stamps........?

Postby therube » Thu Aug 23, 2018 4:15 am

Renaming Options -> Ignore --> File Extensions (uncheck)

1:RegEx
Code: Select all
Match:  ^(.*?) \(\d\d\d\d_\d\d_\d\d .*UTC\)$
Replace:  \1
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Re: Remove time stamps........?

Postby papillon22 » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:52 am

Wow! Thank you so much! No idea how you figured that out but it works!
Thanks again
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Re: Remove time stamps........?

Postby gfhand77 » Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:13 am

Hello,

I have the same issue with timestamp formats (multiple timestamps): (201*_**_** **_**_** UTC).

However, I tried using the solution offered by therube

RegEx

Match: ^(.*?) \(\d\d\d\d_\d\d_\d\d .*UTC\)$
Replace: \1

and I could not get it to work with Version 3.4.3.0 of BRU.

Furthermore, this version no longer has the option:

Renaming Options -> Ignore --> File Extensions (uncheck)

Any suggestions on how to do it with the new version is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Greg
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Re: Remove time stamps........?

Postby therube » Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:02 pm

It still works, but as written, it will depend on the setting of:
Renaming Options | File/Folder Extensions

You need to uncheck (if it is checked), 'Rename File Extensions As Being Part of File Name'.
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