https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498147
Bug ID: 498147
Summary: Add support for incomplete timestamps for images and
videos
Classification: Applications
Product: digikam
Version: 8.5.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Metadata-Date
Assignee: digikam-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: k...@kirka.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Allow users to set incomplete timestamps for images and videos in digiKam.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open digiKam and attempt to edit the timestamp of an image or video.
2. Try to enter a timestamp with incomplete information (e.g., only the year,
only the year and month, or without specifying the time).
3. Observe that digiKam does not support saving incomplete timestamps.
OBSERVED RESULT
digiKam requires a complete timestamp to be provided, including year, month,
day, and time, even when some of this information is unknown.
EXPECTED RESULT
digiKam should allow users to input incomplete timestamps. The feature should
include:
- An entirely unknown timestamp represented as ???? for unknown years.
- Partial timestamps where only the year is specified.
- Partial timestamps where the year and month are specified.
- Partial timestamps where the year, month, and day are specified but the time
is unknown.
This functionality is available in Adobe Photoshop Elements Organizer, and
implementing it in digiKam would make the transition for users like me more
feasible.
I understand that such information cannot be stored in EXIF metadata and must
use placeholder values there. However, digiKam's local database could support
and retain this more flexible timestamp information.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This feature is crucial for users who manage collections of historical or
archival images and videos where precise timestamps are often unavailable.
Offering this functionality would significantly enhance digiKam’s usability for
such scenarios.
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