Batch Rename

[Paul Barrett]

I have been arm wresting with photo publishing apps over sorting files into the correct data order. It's a nightmare.

 

So I think I am going to give up on direct date sorting and go another route - renaming all the files to a name that starts with the date and time so that I can use file name to get the correct sequence

 

I know Daminion can do batch renames but is it able to construct a file name that goes:

 

YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-OriginalFileName.ext_type

 

where the date and time stamp is sourced from the field Creation Datetime

 

... or do I need to use ExifTool?

 

Thanks for your help

 

- Paul

[Daria Kotilainen]

I have been arm wresting with photo publishing apps over sorting files into the correct data order. It's a nightmare.

 

So I think I am going to give up on direct date sorting and go another route - renaming all the files to a name that starts with the date and time so that I can use file name to get the correct sequence

 

I know Daminion can do batch renames but is it able to construct a file name that goes:

 

YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-OriginalFileName.ext_type

 

where the date and time stamp is sourced from the field Creation Datetime

 

... or do I need to use ExifTool?

 

Thanks for your help

 

- Paul

 

 

Hi Paul,

 

sure, the token string would be "%yyyy-%mm-%dd-%HH-%MM-%SS-%basename.%ext" in the batch rename (move) dialog. Please try oit with a limited number of files first

 

Before:

 

After:

 

 

 

Kind regards,

Daria

[Paul Barrett]

Hi Daria

Perfect

 

Thanks

 

- Paul