set-file-dates-js

Problem

• Many photos and videos on Windows PC that have varying datetimes set across: modified, created, dateTaken, and mediaCreated
• Want to have "on this day" media sent to users in the morning.
• Current on premise storage device that can share publicly sorts by modified and displays created. Also, it cannot show .heic files.

Solution

• Set all the date fields to the same value, and then copy to the device for sharing

• Loop thru all photos:

  • if have a dateTaken then set created and modified to that value
  • if no dateTaken then set created or modified both to the earliest date
  • if photo is of type .HEIC, then create a JPG copy and set dates to same values as original

• Loop thru all videos:

  • if have a mediaCreated then set created and modified to that value
  • if no dateTaken then set created or modified both to the earliest date

Sample output

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