How can I find photos from the same calendar date across all years in Lightroom 3?

Asked 10/31/2010

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In Lightroom 3, the Library metadata filter with the Date column in hierarchical mode lets me drill down by year, month, and day. For example, I can easily show photos from 2010, October 2010, or 31 October 2010.

What I want instead is to find all photos taken on the same calendar date regardless of year, such as every photo shot on 31 October across all years. I’d also like to find a recurring date range, such as 30 October through 2 November in any year.

Is there a faster built-in way to do this than Ctrl/Cmd-clicking each date from every year individually?

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I have not found a direct way to do this, however using a Collection one can come pretty close. Using a Smart Collection one can create multiple rules to define what is included in a collection of images. To create a Smart Collection follow these steps:

  1. In the Library Module press the + (add) button in the Collections section, typically on the left side.
  2. From the popup menu that appears select " Create Smart Collection..." (In my Mac version there is not a keyboard short cut that I know of)
  3. In the Name section of the dialog box, enter the Name you want to use to identify it
  4. The Set dropdown box typically if populated with Smart Collections by default, but you can add additional ones if desired.
  5. Under the Match "X" of the following rules dropdown box select "Any"
  6. On the first rule field dropdown box (typically defaults to "Rating") select "Capture Date"
  7. In the selection criteria dropdown (typically defaults to "is) either specify that the capture date is equal to or in a range of dates
  8. Enter the date information as appropriate
  9. Then click the add button at the end of the rule section click the add button to add the next rule to evaluate.

You will have to add the rules for all of the years you are looking for to this Smart Collection, but once it is done once you have it for future use.

There are other approaches but this one might be the least cumbersome to create.

Originally by user1901. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

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Lightroom 3 does not appear to have a direct built-in date filter for “same month/day across all years” in the metadata Date hierarchy.

The closest workaround from the community is to use a Smart Collection with multiple date rules and set it to match “Any” of the rules. That lets you collect, for example, 31 October from several different years, or a short date range repeated across years.

If creating many yearly rules is too tedious, another reported workaround is to export the Smart Collection settings, edit the resulting .lrsmcol text file to duplicate or extend the date criteria for more years, then re-import it.

So the short answer is: no simple one-click built-in filter was identified; Smart Collections are the practical workaround.

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