summer 2019? here you go.

Find photos by date taken – narrow down by month and year

A file’s date often says little: after downloading, editing or sending, it shows a different day from the one the photo was taken. The day it was taken is stored in the camera data inside the photo. Album 42 reads this date taken and narrows your photos down by it: two handles, and you only see the pictures from those months. On Windows 11 and on the Mac, also for photos on external drives.

How to find photos by date taken

Date taken or modified date?

The date range uses the date taken from the camera (EXIF). Files without one, such as graphics or screenshots, are placed by their modified date. If a handle sits right at the edge, files with an obviously wrong date are included too, for example before 1971 or in the future.

You choose the order of the pictures in the “View” menu: by name, date, file size or resolution. “Date” there is the file’s modified date.

Combine with location and search

The date range works together with everything else: with the AI search, with colour and tags and with the world map. In the “Places” view the bar sits above the map, and the map only shows the photos from those months. Spain, August 2019: two moves.

The date taken of every photo

Click a photo: the detail panel shows the date and time taken, for phone photos also the place, plus camera, lens and exposure. Album 42 reads this from JPG, TIFF, HEIC and the common camera RAW formats.

The date stays as it is

Album 42 changes no dates. If you drag photos into another folder, even onto another drive, they keep their modified date. If you rotate or straighten a photo in the viewer, date taken and GPS position stay in the picture when you save.

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