how to do a batch change (shift) of file creation date
Here is a condensed and modified version of the script info in the link I gave you in the comments. You can save it as a plain text file, without an extension, and make it executable per info in the link, e.g. chmod +x filename
. Place the script in a folder that's in your $PATH
e.g.: /usr/local/bin/
This script sets both the created and modified date/time stamp on each DSC_*.*
file +5 hours on the DSC_*.*
files in the working directory.
In a Terminal then cd
to the directory containing the DSC_*.*
files and then type the name you gave to the script and press enter.
#!/bin/bash
for f in DSC_*.*; do
ts="$(GetFileInfo -d "$f")"
e="$(date -j -f "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S" "$ts" +%s)"
((o=60*60*5))
((e+=o))
nd="$(date -r $e "+%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")"
SetFile -m "$nd" "$f"
SetFile -d "$nd" "$f"
done
In case the comment to the OP gets deleted the code above is based on the answer to Updating File Created Date by x number of days Mac OSX and modified to the +5 hours requested. If you only want to change the created time then comment out, placing a #
in front of, or removing the SetFile -m "$nd" "$f"
line.
There is a great little application called shootShifter on the App Store (and maybe directly) which is designed for exactly this. It lets you graphically select photos and set up/modify both file system and EXIF dates. It worked well for me.
(I have no connection except as a user of the app.)