Why Google Takeout photos show the wrong date, and how to fix them

Описание и применение

Экспорт из Google Takeout приводит к неверным датам фотографий. Используйте ExifTool или ExportFixer, чтобы восстановить правильные метаданные.

Задача

Google Takeout exports photos without correct timestamps, causing all photos to appear as taken today.

Результат

After applying the ExifTool command or ExportFixer, photos retain their original timestamps and GPS data.

Рабочий процесс

• Export photos via Google Takeout.
• Unzip all parts into a single folder.
• Run ExifTool with the provided command to copy metadata from the JSON files.
• Verify a few photos before deleting originals.
• (Optional) Use ExportFixer in the browser for non‑script users.

Доказательства

Google Photos keeps the date you see in the app in its own database. Takeout exports that as a separate .json file next to each photo, with photoTakenTime and geoData inside.

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If you're comfortable on the command line, ExifTool can copy the date in:

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I built ExportFixer for people who don't want to script this. You drop all the Takeout zips in, it matches every naming variant, writes the date and GPS into each photo and video, removes the album duplicates and sorts everything by year and month.

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