Cannot change .mp4 metadata "release date"

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1

Bug found when changing the "Release Date" metadata for videos on user interface and scripting.

Whenever changing any value of the release date, the hour data is not correctly updated:

When using the User interface:

  • Open the metadata information to display release date (eg: 10:00:00 AM, 2022-05-15)
  • Change the day of the release date (eg: enter 10:00:00 AM, 2022-05-16)
    Result: the date changes, and the hour decrements. (eg: 9:00:00 AM, 2022-05-16)

When using vbscript:

  • Retrieve the release date using "dopus.output selItem.metadata.video.releasedate" (eg: 2022-02-02 10:00:00 AM)
  • Set the date using "SetAttr FILE="20220201_125034.mp4" META releasedate:2022-02-15 10:00:00 AM"
  • Retrieve the release date again using "dopus.output selItem.metadata.video.releasedate" (eg: result output is 2022-02-15 8:00:00 AM)
2

This sounds like an incorrect or missing timezone offset in the video file.

I would expect it to work properly after the date gets written by Opus.

3

The issue repeats - if I edit 5 times in a row, the hour goes back 5 hours.

When using script edit the release date where I change both date and time, the date is updated but the time is not - and it goes back by an hour.

My timezone is GMT-5. Perhaps its a daylight savings time glitch?

I am running latest version 12.29.

4

Can you provide a sample file that demonstrates this problem? I have tried with a few different .mp4 files and don't see it.