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More than one date is associated with each photo file: in metadata — [EXIF:IFD0] ModifyDate [EXIF:ExifIFD] DateTimeOriginal [EXIF:ExifIFD] CreateDate on Microsoft Windows — [File:System] FileModifyDate [File:System] FileAccessDate [File:System] FileCreateDate on Linux — [File:System] FileModifyDate [File:System] FileAccessDate [File:System] FileInodeChangeDate and more in metadata — [IPTC] DateCreated [IPTC] TimeCreated [EXIF:ExifIFD] SubSecTimeOriginal [EXIF:ExifIFD] SubSecTimeDigitized [EXIF:GPS] GPSTimeStamp [EXIF:GPS] GPSDateStamp [XMP:XMP-xmp] CreateDate … :and file system dates may change when a file is copied or moved between computers. So it isn't too surprising when computer programs show different dates for a photo. In particular, note that [File:System] FileCreateDate is available on Microsoft Windows but not available on Linux — so perhaps FileC...

Google Photos shows photos in order from newest to oldest, and shows albums in order from newest to oldest according to the newest photo included in each album. Digital photos record the date and time when a photo was taken; scanned photos don't. We can add a date and time to scanned photos to make Google Photos show them according to when we think the original photos were taken. These details are for Microsoft Windows, the details will be slightly different for other computers. The Tools: Command Prompt Text Editor — something as-simple-as Notepad ExifTool — download this powerful photo software The Steps: Make working copies of some photo files Make a list of the names of those photo files Add a column of dates and times to the list Change the list to show dates and times when photos were taken Add the dates and times from the list to the photo files Upload the photo files to Google Photos The Steps in laborious detail: Make working copies of some ...

Google Photos shows photos in order from newest to oldest, and shows albums in order from newest to oldest according to the newest photo included in each album; but scanned photos don't record when the original photo was taken. When scanned photos are already organized into single year (or year-month) folders, we can quickly add a date to the photo files so at-least Google Photos will show the scanned photos in-order year-by-year (or year-month by year-month). These details are for Microsoft Windows, the details will be slightly different for other computers. The Tools: Command Prompt Text Editor — something as-simple-as Notepad ExifTool — download this powerful photo software The Steps: Make working copies of photo files from one year (or year-month) Make a list of the names of those photo files Add a column of year (or year-month) dates to the list Add the dates and times from the list to the photo files Upload the photo files to Google Photos The Step...

Google Takeout is a way to export and download your data from Google Photos. At minimum the export should include all the original photo files. Although the Google Takeout archive is initially organized into year-month-day folders, we can quickly move the photo files from those folders and reorganize them in a different way. These details are for Ubuntu and Microsoft Windows, the details will be slightly different for other computers. The Tools: Command Prompt aka Terminal ExifTool — download this amazingly wonderful photo software The Steps: Make and download an archive of your photos Extract all files from the archive Move all photo files into a different folder structure The Steps in laborious detail: Make and download an archive of your photos Open a web browser at the Google Takeout "Download your data" page. Click the SELECT NONE button. Select Google Photos All photo albums Click the NEXT button. Review the Customize archive format optio...

Google Photos shows photos in order from newest to oldest, and shows albums in order from newest to oldest according to the newest photo included in each album; but scanned photos don't record when the original photo was taken. When scanned photos are already organized into a sequence using the photo filenames, we can quickly encode that sequence as dates and times — but then we lose the opportunity of recording the actual dates and times the photos were taken. These details are for Microsoft Windows, the details will be slightly different for other computers. The Tools: Command Prompt Text Editor — something as-simple-as Notepad Spreadsheet — something as-simple-as LibreOffice Calc ExifTool — download this powerful photo software The Steps: Make working copies of some photo files Make a list of the names of those photo files Add a column of ordered dates and times to the list Add the dates and times from the list to the photo files Upload the p...