Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2017, 21:33:12 CEST schrieb Martin (Lists):
> Hallo

Hi.

> I recently stumbled over a minor problem: exif timestamp handling in
> darktable. I usually set my camera to record tiemstamps in local time
> zone including DST. This is to get an idea at which local time the photo
> was shot. UTC is only an option if I can set the timezone as well (which
> I can not or at least I don't know how).

Yes, it's a pity that EXIF is quite bad in that regard.

> Darktable seems to use the time set in camera as UTC time and adds two
> hours for central europe in summer. So I am two hours ahead of real
> time. If I shot photos in London (and set camera time) I am one hour
> off. To get the real local time I always have to recalc the displayed time.
> 
> If I shot a photo in New York at 8am I want to see a timestamp of 8am
> not a corrected one for germany of 2pm or even worse corrected via UTC
> with additional two hours.
> 
> May be an option will be great to use exif timestamp as it is, or as UTC?

Timestamps should already be displayed as-is.
What operating system are you on? What version of darktable are you using? And 
could you please share a sample file, together with what time you'd expect to 
see for it? I think I saw issues like that in the past but can't remember 
details.

> Regards
> Martin

Tobias

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