Date in file name to exif date

This python script is able to parse a file names of date timestamps. The timestamp is then used to update the files exif information by calling the exiftool command.

Uisng the the program arguements one is able to costimize date format encoded in the file name to suit media data stored/exported for messengers such as Signal or WhatsApp.

Usage

usage: filenamedate2exifdate.py [-h] --input i [i ...] [--prefix p] [--format f] [--exifcmd EXIFCMD] [--date_tags DATE_TAGS [DATE_TAGS ...]] [--echo] [--echo_only]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --input i [i ...]     input file --> required
  --prefix p            file prefix
  --format f            date format YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss-ccc
  --exifcmd EXIFCMD     exiftool command
  --date_tags DATE_TAGS [DATE_TAGS ...]
                        exif tags to set such as alldates, FileModifyDate, CreateDate, ...
  --echo                prints the exiftool command
  --echo_only           used to prevent the command execution

Examples

Prepair files

fdupes -rdN ./                                        # remove duplicates
rename "s/ //g" *                                     # remove spaces
rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *.{jpg,jpeg,mp4,JPG,JPEG,MP4}     # to lower case
rename 's/.jpeg/.jpg/' *.jpeg  # jpeg to jpg          # rename jpeg to jpg

Single files

Signal images

python ./filenamedate2exifdate.py --echo_only --prefix signal- --format YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss-ccc --date_tags alldates FileModifyDate --input signal-2021-02-20-08-59-20-104.jpg 

WhatsApp images

python ./filenamedate2exifdate.py --echo_only --prefix IMG- --format YYYYMMDD-WAcccc --date_tags alldates FileModifyDate --input IMG-20190721-WA0002.jpg 

WhatsApp video

python ./filenamedate2exifdate.py --echo_only --prefix VID- --format YYYYMMDD-WAcccc --date_tags alldates FileModifyDate --input VID-20190609-WA0019.mp4 

Patch processing

Signal images

find . -name 's*.jpg' -exec python ./filenamedate2exifdate.py --echo_only --prefix signal- --format YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm-ss-ccc --date_tags alldates FileModifyDate --input {} \;

WhatsApp images

find . -name 'I*.jpg' -exec python ./filenamedate2exifdate.py --echo_only --prefix IMG- --format YYYYMMDD-WAcccc --date_tags alldates FileModifyDate --input {} \;

WhatsApp video

find . -name 'V*.mp4' -exec python ./filenamedate2exifdate.py --echo_only --prefix VID- --format YYYYMMDD-WAcccc --date_tags alldates FileModifyDate --input {} \;

useful commands

fdupes -rdN ./  # remove duplicates 
rename "s/ //g" * # remove spaces 
rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *.{jpg,jpeg,mp4,JPG,JPEG,MP4}     # to lower case
rename 's/.jpeg/.jpg/' *.jpeg  # jpeg to jpg
exiftool -overwrite_original -Artist="Max M" -Copyright="Max M" -Author="Max M"  *.{jpg,mp4}
exiftool signal-*.jpg '-FileName<CreateDate'    -ext jpg -d "%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S-%%-.c.%%e"
exiftool IMG-*.jpg '-FileName<CreateDate'       -ext jpg -d "%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S-%%-.c.%%e"
exiftool VID-*.mp4 '-FileName<CreateDate'       -ext mp4 -d "%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M-%S-%%-.c.%%e"