Created attachment 152649 [details] Date with Colons in Metadata SUMMARY The date format in Digikam should be * the same date format in all places * at least ISO date https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 * use the users locales settings (like TIME_STYLE=long-iso) STEPS TO REPRODUCE open Digikam and look at all different places where a date is printed. Screenshot attached. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Gentoo Linux KDE Frameworks Version 5.98.0 Qt Version 5.15.5 (built against 5.15.5) The xcb windowing system
This is a metadata viewer, the metadata is in this date format. A conversion to the ISO format is not desired here. Maik
Note that the date metadata fields are strings, ExifTool also decodes them as text, we want to see the actual content. Maik
Created attachment 152650 [details] Dateformat in Album
Created attachment 152651 [details] Dateformat in File Properties
I confirm, that my example screenshot was a special case. Because this format is exactly the raw data from exif. You can delete the "Date with Colons in Metadata" screenshot, if it confuses. I created screenshots for more general description of the problem. Please reopen.
The representation of the date format depending on the application is desired. e.g. long format in the album category or shortened in the properties. Maik