Bug 517303 - Modification date is not being edited
Summary: Modification date is not being edited
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Plugin-Bqm-TimeAdjust (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 9.0.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2026-03-08 19:27 UTC by Andy
Modified: 2026-03-09 08:23 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 9.1.0
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2026-03-08 19:27 UTC, Andy
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Description Andy 2026-03-08 19:27:45 UTC
Created attachment 190493 [details]
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Hi!

I scanned a lot of slides 25 years ago. I've noticed that they don't have a modification date. When I try to adjust the date and time, I also find that digiKam doesn't add the date.
I think the options are selected correctly.

Andy
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2026-03-08 19:38:29 UTC
I don't think I can reproduce it. The absence of a modification date in the file system is practically impossible. I've never seen anything like it.

Maik
Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2026-03-08 19:46:14 UTC
Please create a DebugView log of a file that has no modification date, where you change the date using the Time Adjust Tool.

Maik
Comment 3 Andy 2026-03-08 20:10:35 UTC
This is a Windows problem. More specifically, it seems to be a network protocol issue. Anything before January 1, 1980, isn't displayed when viewing the data from the Synology's file path. However, if the folder is viewed locally, it shows a date like 1974, etc. It's always something new.

DigiKam records the date correctly, but can no longer read it if it's a network path.

Is it possible to use the TimeAdjust tool to change the capture date and other dates to 1974, but the modification date to today?

Andy
Comment 4 Maik Qualmann 2026-03-09 07:35:20 UTC
Git commit 11a47bb1da53757f2dbb37d7644953c529e7694d by Maik Qualmann.
Committed on 09/03/2026 at 07:34.
Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'.

update modification date from file in the Time Adjust Tool

M  +5    -0    core/libs/database/utils/ifaces/dbinfoiface.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/11a47bb1da53757f2dbb37d7644953c529e7694d
Comment 5 Maik Qualmann 2026-03-09 07:39:24 UTC
Yes, the modification date is set to the current date if the option to update the date stamp is enabled in the metadata settings.

Maik
Comment 6 Andy 2026-03-09 08:23:39 UTC
Thank you.

I need to correct myself: digiKam correctly displays modification dates before January 1, 1980. I was looking in the wrong place. So, only Windows Explorer has this problem.

With digiKam, I couldn't filter all photos with modification dates older than... 
Using "BulkFileChanger," it worked very quickly.

Andy