timestamp of image file should be the timestamp when the photograph was captured

[Kaihsu Tai]

Binary package hint: gthumb

When I download a photograph from my camera, the timestamp of the image file is that of the downloading, not that of the capturing (as stored within the image file). Is it possible to have an option that the latter is selected, rather than the former? Cheers.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 15 12:06:08 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gthumb
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: gthumb 3:2.10.6-0ubuntu1.1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gthumb
ProcCwd: /sansom/s66/kaihsu
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
SourcePackage: gthumb
Uname: Linux clc 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 07:42:25 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

That happens already on my test system (gthumb trunk), mtime = exif time.

I believe this occurs within libgphoto, rather than gthumb itself.

Try updating your system.

- Mike

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

that's already included in gthumb trunk version, setting this as fix committed.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

We believe this was fixed in gthumb 2.8.10 which has been released in intrepid and hardy-updates. Please reopen if you still experience this issue with the new version.

[philinux (philcb)]

I can confirm that this bug exists in Intrepid. Files from October got todays,Nov/5/08 timestamp .
Canon G5 which mounts ok. Using nautilus works fine.

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

User is still reporting this issue.

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

This is a gphoto issue.

gthumb reads the imported file's mtime.

gphoto is supposed to set the file's mtime equal to its exif time.

Please re-assign to gphoto, unless gphoto has intentionally changed its behaviour. If it has, gthumb would need to be patched (patches welcome upstream).

- Mike

[philinux (philcb)]

Still happening in Lucid. I have to manually copy photos from camera with nautilus to retain the date taken as the date modified that is displayed. Using gthumb import /nautilus shows todays date as date modified.