How can I batch-correct the capture date in Lightroom without changing the time?
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I shot a batch of JPEGs with the camera date set incorrectly: the photos were taken on July 18, but the camera recorded June 18. I want to fix the date for all of them while keeping the original capture times unchanged.
I tried exporting/copying the files, changing the date with another program, and then re-importing, but Lightroom still shows them under the old date. Is Lightroom using the original EXIF capture date, and can this be corrected directly inside Lightroom for a batch of images?
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Lightroom can do this natively - you don't need to export and re-import.
Select the photos in Grid view - go to Metadata->Edit Capture Time.
This article from Adobe has details.
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Yes. Lightroom organizes photos by the capture date stored in metadata, so changing file dates in Windows may not affect how Lightroom displays them.
In Lightroom, select the affected photos in Grid view, then use:
Metadata → Edit Capture Time
From there you can batch adjust the capture date/time for the selected images. This is the native Lightroom way to correct a wrong camera date, and you don’t need to export and re-import the files.
If you need an external tool, ExifTool can batch-edit EXIF date/time metadata, and other utilities such as Microsoft Pro Photo Tools can also do bulk date corrections. But for your case, Lightroom’s built-in capture-time editor is the simplest solution.
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