Time to change your clock

Stop whatever you're doing and go grab your camera. ; Daylight Saving Time is now in effect, so you may need to change your clock.

I've forgotten to change my cameras' clocks in the past. ; As a result, I've learned how to use EXIFTool and EXIFToolGUI to adjust the time after the fact.

 

I love DST in the spring when i am working overnight. ; 2am becomes 3am like magic!
it does stink if your number gets called in the fall though...

 

Yes it was nice to work one hour less than we should have.

 

i forgot to say thanks Dennis!
I grabbed my camera as soon as I read this!

 

Ha...nice timing Craig. ; I never saw this the first time. ; Just for fun, my P&S is with me all the time, even at work - so I turned it on to check, and it was set to 11:40am. ; It's 12:40pm now. ; Guess who never changed the time. ; I'll put money on the DSLR being wrong too. ;

 

You're quite welcome. ; In my previous job, I had to go around and change the clocks on all of our computer and network equipment that didn't automatically do so. ; While it was on my mind, I got into the habit of sending out an email to everyone with a list of things that might need to be changed around the house.

Plus it's a good way to remind myself! ; ;D

 

Well, it happened again, I forgot to change the clocks in my cameras. ; In the process of fixing the time in my photos, I found that there's a new link for EXIFToolGUI.

 

Dennis, I think you may be the new TMIP necro-post champion!

 

Tim, I'll take that as a compliment! ; The only good thread is a dead thread.

 

touche'

 

This is probably the most useful dead thread I have ever seen. ; It helped me last year...sure enough, I have updated the clock on my mirrorless camera but not my DSLR - now before I go shooting tomorrow, I have a reminder to fix that. ; I'm expecting another dead-thread revival of this in about 8 months. ;

 

In changing my NEX's time setting, I noticed it actually does have a DST setting - but I had it turned off. ; I suppose if the firmware is very recent, it would be on the 'new' revised DST schedule of the past year or two, but if it is a little older (the firmware, not the camera), the DST setting might still be on the old traditional DST times. ; That's actually why I never bothered to turn it on!