Closed dominikheinz closed 1 year ago
@dominikheinz do you still experience this problem with the latest version of Immich? I cannot reproduce this issue.
@dominikheinz do you still experience this problem with the latest version of Immich? I cannot reproduce this issue.
No, I can't reproduce it either anymore, so I suppose the issue got resolved. Should I encounter the problem again, I will reopen the issue.
The bug
Summary: Images taken with most cameras, store additional information, such as creation time, GPS etc. in the EXIF data. Currently, it seems that immich utilize the
File Modification Date/Time
property in the EXIF data, for sorting pictures. This is a problem when images are modified some time after their creation. Let's picture an example scenario to showcase the issue:I take a picture in July during my vacation. After my vacation, in august, I look through my vacation pictures at home, and notice that my camera did not add a GPS coordinates to the picture, possibly due to bad connection. So I manually add a GPS information to it. This updates the modification time of the image. When I now upload this image to immich, the modification time of the image is used for sorting. In other words, it shows up as if the picture was taken in August, when in reality, it was taken in July.
Of course, it doesn't have to be editing GPS information, it could be any form of edit (e.g. color editing with photoshop), that updates the modification date.
Suggestion: I am unsure if the usage of the modification time instead of the creation time is intentional or not, but it should be a simple fix either way, by using the image creation time property for sorting instead.
The OS that Immich Server is running on
Alpine Linux
Version of Immich Server
v1.56.0
Version of Immich Mobile App
v1.56.0 build.79
Platform with the issue
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