Remove dash from between photo date taken

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#1

I am looking to change any file names in my photo folder (whether they are "-289" or anything else). I have applied the date taken {createddate} to the new filename. That works. I have used (.*) as the old name. I want the format to follow datetaken (no dahses or spaces) and then an underscore and then time in hour and without space AM/PM.

Here's a couple of examples:

Old: -289 New: 20200820_6PM
Old 2020-08-20 New 20200820_6PM

What I am facing is:

  1. I want to remove all elements of the filename from old and start fresh.
  2. I want to rename all photos as date taken then time taken in this format: 20200420_5PM

I have the regex for the datetaken and time. But I can't get the dashes out of the date.

Currently it is showing as "2020-04-20_6PM"

How do I remove the dashes from the date taken?

I have tried regex plus find and replace but cannot really understand how it is used or any examples or more in-depth tutorials that would help me in my situation. So sorry if I missed something. I have tried retrofitting some add spaces presets, etc but I can't figure it out.

I am using latest version of DOpus (v.12.20.03 BETA x64)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Again, sorry if this is a stupid question.

#2

No need to use regex; if you want to throw away the whole original filename it's easier to use the standard wildcard mode:

Old name: *
New name: {datetaken|D#yyyyMMdd_T#htt}

The date and time formatting codes are described here.

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#3

From more photos taken on 2020-04-06 at 6PM i think
You can rename only one photo as 20200406_6PM

#4

Turning on the Automatically rename if new filename exists option would deal with that; alternatively you could add the minutes/seconds into the new name as well.

#5

Isn't there a special place in hell for people who use single digits and 12-hour-clock? :wink:

#6

Maybe they'd like the filenames like this:

20200406_6PM

... to show up BEFORE ...

20200406_7AM

... in a natural sort order.

I don't know why, but maybe that's what they want?

Meanwhile, you and I will use

20200406_0700
20200406_1800

and will happily see everything in the correct order (or reverse order, when desired).

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#7

Hi DesertDwarf. Although there may be a special hell in those of us who use one digit times, your observation is correct. :slight_smile:
Thanks, all. Much appreciated. Works like a charm.

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#8

Okay, an addendum to this one. I have now got the rename RegEx I want for above (and changed somewhat to reflect some advice from Ixp... :slight_smile:)

Is there a way that I can append the location of the photo (when present)? i would like this so I can search photos by location name. I could do it by long. and lat. I guess, but was wondering if better way. Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with scripts... Please let me know. Thanks.

e.g. {datetaken|D#yyyyMMdd_T#HH.mm.ss tt}-New York or some location like that

#9

Do you mean you want the location to be determined automatically, or do you just want to type in a name that's added to the file names?

#10

I want the geolocation to automatically be appended to the naming convention I got from above (if available / present)

#11

Maybe there's a web service which can do via scripting that but it's beyond what anything built in to Windows or Opus.

#12

Geosetter can look up location info based on GPS coordinates and store it as metadata and use it for renaming.

#13

Thanks, Ixp. I'll try that and see if that works. Appreciate the quick reply.