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Rename by date possible?

Asked by Jacques Stadler

I have a bunch of images and would like to rename them by date and time. So the earliest images should have the smallest numbers. Is this somehow possible? Because I don't see a way to order the initial Images by any criterium.
Thx and great job by the way!

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batis (batis-04) said : 		#1

I didnt understand what you want exactly, can u give us the actual name of pics and what you want it to be.

i.e: actualName.jpeg => NewName.jpeg

:)

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Jacques Stadler (jacques-stadler) said : 		#2

Ok, sorry for the unclearness.

Given the following files:
Old name Date New Name
fileA.jpg 3.11.09 Pic2.jpg
fileB.jpg 5.11.09 Pic3.jpg
fileC.jpg 1.11.09 Pic1.jpg

The reason is why I want this, is because I have a bunch of images which have different names, but should be reordered & renamed by date and time.

Is this possible? Thanks!

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Best nomnex (nomnex) said : 		#3

Do they have metadata information (Excif)?

If so Ctrl + 5 (or Image tab) in pyRenamer

Step one:
Original file name pattern: {X}
Renamed file name pattern: {imagedate} {imagetime}.jpg
Click: Rename

Step two:
Original file name pattern: {X}
Renamed file name pattern: Pic {num3+1}.jpg, or Pic {num}
Click: Rename

Output: Pic 001.jpg, Pic 002. jpg, etc.
Output: Pic 1.jpg, Pic 2 (as requested in your post)

Maybe someone else can come with a single step method. In the meantime, I hope that help.

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Jacques Stadler (jacques-stadler) said : 		#4

Yes, they have Exif data. So thanks, this helped me!
It's not the most elegant solution, but it works!

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Jacques Stadler (jacques-stadler) said : 		#5

Thanks nomnex, that solved my question.

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nomnex (nomnex) said : 		#6

You are welcome.