

Nevertheless, we strongly recommend Photo Dater to all users. Also, the interface could welcome some improvements. But more advanced graphic editing tools usually have this feature built-in. But that didn't interfere with the overall functionality of Photo Dater.Īll in all, Photo Dater is a program that comes packed with the basic elements for placing dates on image files.

One error popped up during our tests, whenever we accessed the file browser and pressed the "Cancel" button. The most useful field to change is the 'Generated Time' (Also known as 'Date Taken'), because this field is displayed under the 'Date' column of Windows Explorer and also many applications use this value as official date/time of the picture. Since the Batch Edit EXIF window collects. As soon as you have set the new time and date, click Apply, and the metadata is written to all selected pictures. Use Shift time at the bottom to change the hour, minute, and second when a picture was taken. The program takes up a very small amount of system CPU and memory, and quickly completes a task without freezing or crashing.Ī help file is not available but that's because Photo Dater is extremely easy to use, by both novices and experienced individuals. You can change 3 EXIF date/time values: Generated Time, Stored Time, and Modified Time. Use Shift date at the top to change the picture-taken date. So, you can use the date from the file or specify your own, as well as change the color and font of the date.įurthermore, you can select the position of the date between top left or right, bottom left of right, or custom (set the X and Y coordinates). You can import media by using the file browser or the "drag and drop" method (batch processing is also supported). The interface of the tool is plain and simple. More importantly, your Windows registry entries will remain unchanged. You can simply place it on a removable device and run the executable file on any computer. This is a portable product, so installing Photo Dater is not necessary. Photo Dater is a simple-to-use application that enables you to display dates on image files.
