XnView Software

XnView: MP 0.99.7 & 1.0 64 bit
OS: Windows 7 Pro. 64bit

I tried using:

SETTINGS > BROWSER > StatusBar > FILE-DATE = EXIF date taken
SETTINGS > BROWSER > StatusBar > FILE-DATE = EXIF date modified

but did not get expected results.

Effect: statusbar return incorrect file date info.

To reproduce/(TEST for error):
1. I took an image without metadata and used FileTime_x86.exe to give the image different file dates for CREATED, MODIFIED and ACCESSED
2. made a copy of image.
3. I used ExifTool.exe to give the second image, metadata with different dates for EXIF DateTimeOriginal, EXIF CreateDate, EXIF ModifyDate.
4. I used XnViewMP's INFO pane (Exiftool TAB) to verify I did this correctly.
5. Then checked the statusbar when selecting each file; with setting 'FILE-DATE = EXIF date taken'
6. Repeat with setting 'FILE-DATE = EXIF date modified'

Actual behaviour (bug): my test showed:

• file with metadata:
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date modified" returned EXIF Image Date-taken
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date taken".... returned EXIF Camera Date-modified
• file without metadata:
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date modified" returned File date MODIFIED
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date taken".... returned File date MODIFIED

Expected behavior:

• file with metadata:
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date modified" returns EXIF Camera Date-modified
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date taken".... returns EXIF Image Date-taken
• file without metadata:
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date modified" returns File date MODIFIED
  • FILE-DATE = "EXIF date taken".... returns File date CREATED

Thanks to your detailed description I can reproduce the problem.

This problem is supposed to be fixed in XnView MP 1.02. Please check and confirm the bug fix here.