Bug 144215

Summary:	change the comment of a picture without modify its timestamp
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	Stefan <sc71>
Component:	Metadata-Date	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde.e.wuuza
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:	0.10.0

Description Stefan 2007-04-14 18:06:09 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
OS:                Linux

I miss a option to de-/activate to prevent the modifications to the timestamp of an image.

HI think that option is a kind of must-have. Especially for all which use the time/date to sort their images.

thanks forehand
Stefan

Comment 1 Elle Stone 2008-01-20 21:48:25 UTC

I think this is related.  I'm trying out 0.9.3.  I entered a small bit of data into the IPTC of one photograph, taken November 11, 2007.  I updated the Metadata database (under Tools).  I wanted to verify that the data was indeed copied into the iptc field, rather than only being in digikam's database.  It was indeed written to the iptc.  

However, now the photograph is showing up on the timeline on January 19, 2008, the date the iptc was modified, rather than Nov. 11, 2007, the date it was taken.  Now this is just my own opinion, but I was surprised - I just don't think adding copyright information or a tag to a picture is a good reason for it to be assigned to a date on a timeline different from its creation date.

So I opened a different picture and did a quick edit and saved it under the same name.  It appears on the timeline exactly when I would expect, that is, exactly where it was pre-edit, on the creation date.  So to double-check, I added copyright information to another picture - it moved on the timeline from the date taken, the "creation date", to the date I changed the copyright information in iptc and updated the metadata.

Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2008-12-06 14:59:31 UTC

Stephan,

This file still valid using digiKam 0.9.4 or 0.10.0 and a recent version of Exiv2 library ?

Gilles Caulier

Comment 3 Mikolaj Machowski 2008-12-06 17:57:45 UTC

This bug exists for 0.9.5svn . And I have strong feeling I was confirming similar thing yesterday...

Comment 4 Mikolaj Machowski 2008-12-06 21:23:18 UTC

*** Bug 160229 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2008-12-07 19:28:49 UTC

SVN commit 894042 by cgilles:

libkexiv2 from trunk (KDE4) : do not change file time stamp when metadata are changed
BUG: 150609
BUG: 157788
BUG: 144215



 M  +18 -0     kexiv2.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=894042

Comment 6 caulier.gilles 2008-12-07 20:16:49 UTC

SVN commit 894053 by cgilles:

backport commit #894042 from trunk: do not change file time stamp when metadata are changed
CCBUG: 150609
CCBUG: 157788
CCBUG: 144215



 M  +18 -0     kexiv2.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=894053