Display creation date stored in PDFs (not file date stamp)?

[KosseyJA]

I have over 4200 PDFs in one folder. To check the original creation date, I open each PDF in a reader than go to File > Properties. Can Directory Opus snoop for that information stored in a PDF file without my having to open this manually? Having an attribute for PDF creation date display automatically in a DO column would be ideal. Perhaps a macro tool that would pull this PDF creation date when required would be easier to achieve.

[lxp]

That's probably the tag PDF-CreateDate, which is available through this add-in:

ExifTool Custom Columns

This script add-in generates custom columns showing metadata provided by ExifTool. It's designed for speed and comes with a few helper buttons that make it convenient and easy to use. The custom columns can be formatted as dates and numbers which ma…

[Leo]

The built-in Document Created Date column should also work (at least if PDF software is installed that makes Windows able to populate the metadata). Based on this thread, at least:

Display PDF information as a column

Hi, @Dopus: If possible, please make it possible in a future version to display PDF meta-information in the file window (right) as a column - such as the creation date - that is stored directly(!) in the PDF document. Or is there already a tinkerin…

[KosseyJA]

Leo: When I edit the original file name that I download to include the author and creation date (as provided in the PDF properties), the DO Created date changes to today's date stamp. That revision does not work for me.

[Leo]

Are you looking at one of the General -> Created columns? Those are the wrong ones.

Or are you looking at the the Documents -> Document Created Date column? That one should not change to today's date unless it was explicitly set so.

Please also link your account.

[KosseyJA]

Thanks very much, Leo. Document Created Date column works much more to my expectations. In some cases the PDF I had downloaded was created after the publication date. Variance is logical. Your expertise and experience delights me!