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Adjust Photo Times to Match Local Time

Adjust Photo Times to Match Local Time

This summer, we travelled to Florida. I did not bother to adjust the clock on my camera to match local time. I left it set to my home time zone: Central European Summer Time (CEST).

When the time came to geotag photos from the trip, I just had to tell HoudahGeo that the camera clock was set to CEST. With this extra bit of information, HoudahGeo was able to figure out at what exact time each photo was taken. It then matched these times to GPS track logs to find where the photos were taken.

This photo of a Key Deer was indeed taken on Big Pine Key, Florida.

Key deer at 4 PM EDT. Or as the camera had it: 10 PM CEST
Key deer at 4 PM in Florida. Or as the camera had it: 10 PM European time.

According to my camera, the above photo was taken at 10 PM. This is at odds with what we see in the picture: broad daylight.
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Posted on October 27, 2016December 1, 2016Author houdahCategories HoudahGeoTags Clock, EXIF, Metadata, Tips & Tricks

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