Time is right on Nikon but meta-data is wrong on iMac
Apr 3, 2021 09:29:06 #
I have a Nikon D850 and my time and date is correct on the camera, but when I transfer my photos on my iMac in the metadata is wrong with the time of the day the photo was taken it is off by five hours. I use SnapBridge to transfer the photos while taking during the time I’m taking photos and the metadata is correct.
I am a Amazon prime member so I use Amazon photos. When my pc uploads the photos and I check the metadata is it correct even though the iMac show a different time. Is there a setting on my iMac I need to change?
I am a Amazon prime member so I use Amazon photos. When my pc uploads the photos and I check the metadata is it correct even though the iMac show a different time. Is there a setting on my iMac I need to change?
Apr 3, 2021 09:33:04 #
Could be either the camera or the computer is on Universal Coordinated Time (GMT) since GMT is +5 hours from EST (+4 hours during daylight saving time)
Apr 3, 2021 09:34:01 #
Apr 3, 2021 09:34:27 #
TriX wrote:
Odds are either the camera or the computer is on Universal Coordinated Time (GMT).
But the time displayed on my iMac is correct.
Apr 3, 2021 09:35:53 #
Longshadow wrote:
Are you 5 hours off of GMT?
I am.
Is one set to GMT?
I am.
Is one set to GMT?
How do I look to find out?
Apr 3, 2021 09:37:07 #
JohnBoy5562 wrote:
But the time displayed on my iMac is correct.
Local time and GMT are different.
Things can be set to display local time but run on GMT.
I had a problem with an app on my phone in another country.
I set an alarm on my phone for local time and it/my phone ran on my HOME time zone.
Luckily I woke up in time to be where I needed to be because the "alarm" did not go off when I thought I set it for.
I would have gone off in another 5 hours.......
Apr 3, 2021 09:45:45 #
JohnBoy5562 wrote:
How do I look to find out?
Look at camera/phone/computer/tablet time settings?
I don't know how what you have works.
I'm not gonna guess.
Apr 3, 2021 09:46:15 #
Look at the time zone setting in the camera, correct the timezone if needed.
Apr 3, 2021 09:50:57 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Look at the time zone setting in the camera, correct the timezone if needed.
Ok I checked on my iMac went to Apple to see how to set the time and date. My iMac is correct on time zone and gets the time from Apple.com. My Nikon is set to the correct time zone. I live in Alabama.
Apr 3, 2021 09:55:42 #
My understanding is that apple.com use GMT time - or UTC - maybe there is a problem with the time zone conversion ???
Apr 3, 2021 09:56:19 #
I have a 2011 iMac with the same settings as the 2015 iMac and when I transfer the photos to the 2011 every thing is correct. The 2011 iMac is set to the same time zone as the 2015 and also gets the time from Apple.com.
Apr 3, 2021 10:03:53 #
JohnBoy5562 wrote:
Ok I checked on my iMac went to Apple to see how to set the time and date. My iMac is correct on time zone and gets the time from Apple.com. My Nikon is set to the correct time zone. I live in Alabama.
I agree, the camera looks correct. So, what is the timezone on the iMac?
Apr 3, 2021 10:07:49 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I agree, the camera looks correct. So, what is the timezone on the iMac?
Apr 3, 2021 12:15:45 #
I guess it has something to do with Nikon and Cascable software. I took the sd card out and plugged it directly into my Mac and the times was correct. But I can’t get my raw files off because I don’t have a QXD card reader.
I don’t understand why when I plug my SD card in my Mac and drop them in a folder the time is correct. But when I use my Nikon camera to pull the files off the time is incorrect. It has to be some kind of setting on the Mac I’m missing.
I don’t understand why when I plug my SD card in my Mac and drop them in a folder the time is correct. But when I use my Nikon camera to pull the files off the time is incorrect. It has to be some kind of setting on the Mac I’m missing.
Apr 3, 2021 12:32:42 #
By any chance is one device not looking at the IMAGE creation date but the FILE creation date?
When a file is COPIED, the copied file creation date will be when it was copied,
not when the initial image was created.
When a file is COPIED, the copied file creation date will be when it was copied,
not when the initial image was created.
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