Adding timezone metadata that Aperture will recognize on import
I have 3,200 scanned photos, and a spreadsheet with the time, date and timezone of each one on it (my APS photos, 1997~2004), and I have been making exiftool scripts to write the time and date into each file.
However, I have been unable to make the timezone work on import, I have to use Aperture's import panel to set it, which is okay, but there are 3 different timezones, different DST's etc. etc. over the archive.
I want to be able to write the timezone into the metadata before I import, and have Aperture pick up on it and use it.
I've tried the -TimeZoneOffset, I've tried setting the GPSDate and Time to UTC, and the AllDates to the local time - all to no avail - Aperture seems to ignore this information, and defaults to my computers timezone during import - I can override it for the the whole import, but I would have to separate out the photos into timezones, and import one timezone at a time.
Anyone had any joy with timezone meta data prior to import? (I understand you can set it after import).
For cameras that include home and destination support (home city / destination city) that information is also ignored - I was hoping to make my script emulate that.
I guess a better question is, has anyone been able to have Aperture detect the timezone on import and what metadata did that file have in it?
Thanks.
Had a quick read of the Wikipedia "EXIF" entry and references, it talks about tools for editing exif information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeableimage_fileformat
+"There are many software tools available which allow both viewing and editing of Exif data. The Opanda IExif Viewer is a free stand-alone application for viewing Exif data and also a plug-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox on Windows platforms. It allows examination of detailed Exif data online by right clicking on an image.[11] FxIF and Exif Viewer are multi-platform extensions for Firefox that display Exif data in the image properties dialog. This feature is native in the web browser Opera, under image properties.+
+Retrieval of detailed Exif data not usually displayed by other programs can be accomplished using ExifTool which runs in Perl, and is available for all platforms"+
Tony
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