Change the time that a picture was taken

I have a bunch of pictures and I need to change the time on some of them. I'm using Windows 8.1.

The Details pane shown and I've selected one of the pictures in question, however when I click on the Date taken field, it only allows me to change the date, not the time. I've included a couple images below to show this

Is it possible to change the date of a picture in Windows 8.1? Thanks.

On the left is how the Date taken field is displayed to the user, and on the right is the only edit option you get when you click on the field.

Change date not possible

David Gard

Posted 2014-04-09T08:43:31.330

Reputation: 1 368

Answers

Although not the easiest solution this is possible with Windows Photo Gallery.

This document outlines the process.

Or this picture.

Example Picture

Cistoran

Posted 2014-04-09T08:43:31.330

Reputation: 189

1This is no longer available. "Windows Essentials 2012 suite reached end of support on January 10, 2017" – LondonRob – 2017-06-08T12:42:03.877

2Thanks, but this is for Windows Vista, not Windows 8/8.1, which does not have the Windows Photo Gallery program. – David Gard – 2014-04-09T15:46:48.900

It should be on Windows 8 as well. I know Windows 7 has it, except it's just called Photo Gallery. Here is a download link.

– Cistoran – 2014-04-09T18:52:58.757

Quite annoying that in the default way you can only change the date itself an not the time. Very helpful answer, especially including the download link. – jdepypere – 2014-04-20T18:06:45.390

There's a little free app that can change or modify time/date :

EXIFeditor

Good Luck

KHALID

Posted 2014-04-09T08:43:31.330

Reputation: 1

To change EXIF-Data, I use GeoSetter.

Michael S.

Posted 2014-04-09T08:43:31.330

Reputation: 3 128