Change timestamp - use file name as source of date/time

[Sprintdriver]

Hi forum.

I sometimes get images from an apple device sent in mail, and those image files typically are stripped for any exif data.

So I may sit on a bunch of files where the date and time stamp are part of the file names, such as

20190622_055718955_iOS.webp
20190622_055827389_iOS.webp
20190622_055845965_iOS.webp
20190622_135427744_iOS.webp
20190622_135432147_iOS.webp
20190622_135448858_iOS.webp
20190622_135456531_iOS.webp

Having a lot of these files around, it would be very useful having the option of "file name" as a fourth option under "Change timestamp / Use". You probably need to add a input field where user must define the pattern, eg "YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS*" and an option for how XnView MP should behave when encounter a file whose name doesn't match the pattern or not a valid date/time.

[michel038]

Another software can do this task : Exiftool...
If you use Windows, you can add a "Open with" entry in XnViewMP linked to exiftool.exe ( located in addons folder) with "alldates<filename" as parameter, maybe with "overwrite_original" and -k options.... (See exiftool website for explanations)
Then, select files, right-click, Open with...

But it's a good suggestion to improve XnViewMP features

[Sprintdriver]

Another software can do this task :. . . .

Yess, I know there are many ways to achieve this. In Linux, this is easilly achieved by a bash script. In Windows, either vbs or Autohotkey script are well suited for this task.
Questionable if possible to fix by a windows bat file.

But it's a good suggestion to improve XnViewMP features