Lightroom truncates the "Date Created" EXIF timestamp which causes Photos.app not to recognize it

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This is an annoying, sporadic problem, but I think I've finally figured it out:

When you use the "Edit Capture Time..." option to shift the timestamp of a photo (e.g. -5 hours),
If the photo's original timestamp has a 00 seconds component (e.g. "2016:08:23 22:23:00")
Then upon Export, Lightroom will truncate the seconds component of the timestamp (e.g. "2016:08:23 17:23")

Photos.app does not seem to be able to parse this truncated timestamp, and reverts to using the photo's original, unshifted timestamp.
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I'm not able to reproduce that behavior. Here are the relevant date/time fields of a JPEG before using Edit Capture Time to shift the time by -5 hours:
[EXIF]          Date/Time Original              : 2016:08:24 10:29:05
[XMP]           Date Created                    : 2016:08:24 10:29:05
[IPTC]          Date Created                    : 2016:08:24
[IPTC]          Time Created                    : 10:29:05
[Composite]     Date/Time Created               : 2016:08:24 10:29:05
And here are the fields of an exported copy after shifting by -5 hours:
[EXIF]          Date/Time Original              : 2016:08:24 05:29:05
[IPTC]          Date Created                    : 2016:08:24
[IPTC]          Time Created                    : 05:29:05
[XMP]           Date Created                    : 2016:08:24 05:29:05
[Composite]     Date/Time Created               : 2016:08:24 05:29:05

(I used Exiftool to examine the fields).  As you can see, the seconds have been preserved.  So I wonder what's happening in your case.  If you post a sample pic (prior to having its time shifted) and the exported version (after shifting its time) to Dropbox or similar, we can troubleshoot in detail.

2 years ago
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"If the photo's original timestamp has a 00 seconds component"

Oops, I missed that.  But even if I start with a photo with a 00 seconds component, I don't see LR's Export truncating the seconds.  So a sample photo and its exported version uploaded to Dropbox will help understand what's going on.
2 years ago
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My apologies for the wild goose chase! I figured out this is actually a Photoshop problem rather than a Lightroom one.

I'm going to open a new issue in the Photoshop forum with a Dropbox download like you suggested.
2 years ago
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Here is the link to the new issue:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photohop-truncates-the-date-created-exif-time...
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