File Date Corrector Changelog

What's new in File Date Corrector 1.73

Jun 16, 2023
  • Solved: A problem with latest Apple DNG files has been fixed (program quit abruptly).
  • Improved: Various new image formats are supported.

New in File Date Corrector 1.72 (Dec 5, 2022)

  • Improved: Reading the date from OpenOffice files has been improved.

New in File Date Corrector 1.71 (Oct 6, 2022)

  • Fixed: A problem with Apple MOV files fixed (program was blocked).

New in File Date Corrector 1.68 (Nov 11, 2021)

  • Adjustments for Windows 11.
  • Optimized: Faster startup behavior with the current Windows Defender.
  • Improved: Dialog windows at high screen magnification (> 125%).
  • Various improvements.

New in File Date Corrector 1.67 (Aug 28, 2021)

  • Improved: Date detection for some rarer PDF formats.
  • Improved: Date detection for some rarer TIFF formats.
  • Fixed: Correct detection of two-digit years before 2000 if a general date format with only two-digit year is set in Windows.
  • Minor impovements.

New in File Date Corrector 1.66 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Improved: Date detection for some rarer PDF formats.
  • Improved: Date detection for some rarer TIFF formats.
  • Fixed: Correct detection of two-digit years before 2000 if a general date format with only two-digit year is set in Windows.
  • Minor impovements.

New in File Date Corrector 1.65 (Jun 7, 2021)

  • Minor impovements.

New in File Date Corrector 1.64 (May 28, 2021)

  • Improved: Date detection for some rarer PDF formats.
  • Improved: Date detection for some rarer TIFF formats.
  • Fixed: Correct detection of two-digit years before 2000 if a general date format with only two-digit year is set in Windows.

New in File Date Corrector 1.63 (Jan 28, 2021)

  • Improved: Date detection for some rarer PDF formats.
  • Fixed: Correct detection of two-digit years before 2000 if a general date format with only two-digit year is set in Windows.

New in File Date Corrector 1.61 (Aug 12, 2020)

  • New: Microsoft Office binary formats .DOCB and .XLSB are processed (date “Created” and “Modified”).
  • New: Selection of the same date of “Created” and “Modified” to simply move it in time.
  • New: Creation of a log file for the actually applied corrections.

New in File Date Corrector 1.60 (Jun 11, 2020)

  • New: Microsoft Office binary formats .DOCB and .XLSB are processed (date “Created” and “Modified”).
  • New: Selection of the same date of “Created” and “Modified” to simply move it in time.
  • New: Creation of a log file for the actually applied corrections.

New in File Date Corrector 1.59 (Jan 15, 2020)

  • New: Canon CR3 files are processed (date “Created”).
  • Improved: Date recognition for DNG files.

New in File Date Corrector 1.56 (Sep 30, 2019)

  • Minor improvements.

New in File Date Corrector 1.53 (Aug 20, 2019)

  • New: HEIC/HEIF files are processed (date “Created”).

New in File Date Corrector 1.52 (May 24, 2019)

  • Adjustments for the latest Windows update (Windows 10 Update 1903).

New in File Date Corrector 1.50 (Mar 25, 2019)

  • Improved: Date recognition for video files of iPhones (MOV).

New in File Date Corrector 1.49 (Mar 18, 2019)

  • Improved: Date recognition for video files (AVI etc.).

New in File Date Corrector 1.48 (Mar 18, 2019)

  • New: Automatic sorting of the directory selection.

New in File Date Corrector 1.47 (Nov 13, 2018)

  • Improved: MP3 files, recording date and time (tag ID3 TDRC).
  • Adjustments for the latest Windows update (Windows 10 Update 1809).

New in File Date Corrector 1.46 (Nov 13, 2018)

  • Improved: MP3 files, recording date and time (tag ID3 TDRC).
  • Adjustments for the latest Windows update (Windows 10 Update 1809).

New in File Date Corrector 1.45 (Sep 5, 2018)

  • New: MS Office template files are processed: dotx, dotm, xltx, xltm, potx, potm.

New in File Date Corrector 1.44 (Aug 21, 2018)

  • Minor improvements.
  • Adjustments for the latest Windows update (Windows 10 Update 1803).

New in File Date Corrector 1.41 (Apr 5, 2018)

  • New: EML files (eMail) are processed (date “Created”).
  • New: MSG files (Outlook) are processed (date “Created”).
  • Improved: Reading meta information from PDF files.

New in File Date Corrector 1.38 (Feb 19, 2018)

  • New: ORF files (Olympus raw images) are processed (dates “Created” and “Modified”).

New in File Date Corrector 1.36 (Nov 9, 2017)

  • Improved: Reading the recording and encoded date of MTS files (AVCHD, H264) if the video was recorded with a Panasonic camera.

New in File Date Corrector 1.35 (Nov 1, 2017)

  • New: XMP files (sidecar files for images) are processed (dates “Created” and “Modified”).
  • Improved: The creation date of PNG images is also processed if it has been added manually in the properties dialog of Windows Explorer.

New in File Date Corrector 1.34 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • New: RAF meta information of Fujifilm raw image files are processed (dates “Created” and “Modified”).

New in File Date Corrector 1.33 (Oct 3, 2017)

  • Minor improvements reading original creation dates from images.

New in File Date Corrector 1.30 (Aug 24, 2017)

  • Extract correction dates from filenames using flexible date and time formats.
  • More flexible selection and prioritization of sources of metadata and other dates.
  • Improved progress display with a large number of corrections.
  • Small adjustments for the latest Windows update (Windows 10 Creators Update 1703).
  • Various minor improvements.

New in File Date Corrector 1.24 (Jul 24, 2017)

  • New: Meta information for “Created” and “Modified” can be assigned cross-wise.
  • New: PNG meta information of PNG image files are processed (dates “Created” and “Modified”).
  • Improved: XMP meta data (Adobe) of image files are processed (date “Modified”).
  • New: Files can be individually selected and unselected in the file list for intended corrections, same for whole subdirectories or the entire file list (please see program manual).

New in File Date Corrector 1.23 (Apr 29, 2017)

  • Save current file list: as PDF print file, EXCEL table, TEXT file with tabs or semicolons as separators.

New in File Date Corrector 1.22 (Apr 12, 2017)

  • Dealing with date settings back to the year 1601 (with NTFS file system).
  • Manual time setting accurate to the second (instead of just the minute).
  • For audio and music files, also convert UTC time information to local time when UTC meta information is available.
  • Possibility to shift the correction date by any time difference.
  • FLAC format additionally supports European time format (31.12.2000 15:00:00).
  • WAVE format supports IDA tag TDAT in European time format (31.12.2000 15:00:00).
  • Support for M4A and MP4 audio.
  • French version of File Date Corrector.

New in File Date Corrector 1.21 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Fixed: PDF creation and modification dates were missing in certain situations.

New in File Date Corrector 1.19 (Feb 28, 2017)

  • Fixed: The font was not scaled correctly if the display was magnified on a monitor with very high resolution (DPI awareness).

New in File Date Corrector 1.18 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Fixed: The font was not scaled correctly if the display was magnified on a monitor with very high resolution (DPI awareness).

New in File Date Corrector 1.17 (Jan 27, 2017)

  • Fixed: The settings were not always saved correctly.

New in File Date Corrector 1.16 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Improved reading of the creation date and the encoded date for MTS files (AVCHD, H264, Sony).
  • For files without useful meta information, the last modification date can optionally be used as the creation date.
  • For files without useful meta information, the current creation date can optionally be used as the modification date.
  • At program exit all settings are stored now.

New in File Date Corrector 1.15 (Nov 14, 2016)

  • Added new video format: MXF (Sony).
  • Fixed an error: IPTC information was missing for the file date “modified”.