Lightroom: Still inconsistent capture date/time for photos and videos

Has this not been fixed yet? I tried creating a new catalog and now there are hundreds of mts files (aka Sony's hd video format) all incorrectly having the capture time as the date I created the catalog not the actual capture time. See the post above.

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When exporting files that have an adjusted capture date, the capture date is not reflected in the custom file name (where capture date is selected), but the unmodified date of the original scan is used instead.  This is a problem when trying to export a chronological set of files by file name (using capture time in export), and the unmodified scan date is being used to create the export file name.

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Thank you for your time Tom and John.  I finally figured out my problem.  I was updating using the capture time adjustment on the right side panel in the Library module.  Then I would highlight a bunch more images and sync the metadata (with only the capture time selected).  This changed the capture time in the panel on the right under the default metadata dropdown, but it did not change the EXIF capture date on the files.  I now use the Change Capture Date under the Metadata dropdown menu at the top on a Mac.  This changes the EXIF capture date and is reflected in the export name.  Thanks again for your time everyone.

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Why isn't this fixed???  I thought I'd try importing again through Lightroom because I love that it doesn't import duplicates, but it's useless and creates such a mess of my files. 

2 issues exist due to the inconsistent capture date/time on all my .MOV files. : 
* Renaming video files on import using date & time in filenames
** Renaming video files using date OR date & time in filenames

Info: I'm using LR Classic CC (v. 8.3) and I have tested Canon 5D Mark II and IV, iphone 6s Plus and iphone X.  

*Renaming video files on import using DATE+TIME
Replicate Scenario: 
1. Import a video and rename upon import as: 
Date (YYYY)-Date (MM)-Date (DD)_Hour.Minute.Second.MOV

Results: 
1. Library shows inconsistent Date Digitized and Date Captured.
        *Date Digitized= correct capture date and time; and agrees with import screen's.
        *Capture time= import time for all video files.
2. Filename time is wrong for all video files.  
3. Filename date is wrong for all video files taken after 5:59 pm or 6:59 CST.
4. Files are sorted correctly 

Conclusion: **SOMEWHERE in LR there is another time that isn't shown and is off by 5-6 hours (at least in Central time zone), resulting in the file naming/re-naming problem. This is the time that is used for naming files.


** RENAMING existing video files with DATE+TIME:
Replicate Scenario:
1. Use any existing video file that has inconsistent date/time digitized and date/time values (such as the files imported above):

2. Rename them:
Date (YYYY)-Date (MM)-Date (DD)_Hour.Minute.Second...

3. They are renamed using the date/time value, which is the IMPORT date/time. Absolutely useless.

Conclusion: No idea.

I know the workaround. The workaround gets OLD. And there shouldn't BE one.  

Is there a way to change the date??  My luck I could have fixed my own issue.  I don't see anywhere to change the time zone...  But it's always consistently 5-6 hours off, which is just weird.

So I tried importing videos today and have had the same issue. Why hasn't this been sorted?? WE PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR LIGHTROOM, and yet Adobe aren't listening. it seems rather than actually accepting bug reports they shove us all on a forum and ignore us!! This shouldn't be an issue but from what I've seen it's been going on for 4 or 5 years. What a waste of an afternoon trying to fix a problem that should NOT exist.

5 years later and this issue persists. Imported images/videos from Apple Photos. Photos were fine, but discovered this date issue with the videos. When viewing the videos in lightroom in sidebar meta shows correct date, as well as in the grid view. But when doing rename file name by date is does the date they were imported. Thankfully the trick worked of doing edit capture time (not changing any settings) and clicking ok. After that the sidebar and grid still show correct date as before, but when doing rename it now names to the correct date. Hopefully it won't be another 5 years to fix this.

Hello,

I have a number of images that do not have dates recorded in the capture date portion of the EXIF (IPTC Core). In Lightroom, by clicking sort by capture date, they appear at the beginning of all the others. If I look in the Metadata pane of Lightroom, I can see a capture date indicated that actually corresponds to the creation date visible in Bridge in the file property (but not IPTC Core, in which case the field is empty).

1. This date suits me well and I would like Lightroom to sort the images in gallery taking this date into account. Is-it possible to set up Lightroom to work this way?

2. If it is not possible, then I need to copy the creation date of the file to the IPTC Core creation date. I can do this in Bridge but it is not my workflow. Is it possible to do this fairly smoothly in Lightroom? 

Best regards,

Thibaud