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Sometimes, WhatsApp images get their metadata removed, and the file date might be wrong. This exiftool command line parses the date from the filename (e.g. "IMG-20171028-WA0004.jpg"), and applies it to the metadata.
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| exiftool -overwrite_original ^ | |
| "-AllDates<${filename;m/IMG-(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;$_=\"$1:$2:$3 12:00:00\"}" ^ | |
| "-FileModifyDate<${filename;m/IMG-(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;$_=\"$1:$2:$3 12:00:00\"}" ^ | |
| "-FileCreateDate<${filename;m/IMG-(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;$_=\"$1:$2:$3 12:00:00\"}" ^ | |
| IMG-*.jpg |
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