Bug 141187

Summary: Automatically create album with set date-based on directory-name when importing.
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: Christian Weiske <cweiske>
Component: Import-AlbumsAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: CLOSED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: caulier.gilles, sirber
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 0.9.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 8.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Christian Weiske 2007-02-04 17:59:49 UTC 
Version:           0.9.0 (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages

On startup, digikam imports directories (if set so). The date set to the album is mostly incorrect - it'd be nice if date specified in the directory name would be detected and used.

E.g. my directory name is "2007-02-02 birthday party", digikam should detect that it's a date in there and set it as the album date automatically.

Also see bug #128817 for the date specification option for new albums, which perhaps could be used.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2011-12-18 14:01:12 UTC 
Christian,

This file still valid using digiKam 2.4 ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2014-06-13 09:16:06 UTC 
Christian,

This file still valid using digiKam 4.0.0 ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2014-09-01 07:54:47 UTC 
*** Bug 329653 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 caulier.gilles 2015-06-28 09:41:10 UTC 
New digiKam 4.11.0 is available :

https://www.digikam.org/node/740

Can you reproduce the problem with this release ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 5 caulier.gilles 2016-07-15 18:40:06 UTC 
Christian,

This file still valid using digiKam 5.0.0 ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 6 Christian Weiske 2016-10-17 18:27:54 UTC 
Yes, the issue still exists but after 9 years I don't have any hope that it will be fixed.