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Photos is not sorting all images by their taken/created date
Hi. I uploaded a folder of photos to Dropbox, and was hoping to view them chronologically by their taken/created date. It seems like some photos are sorted correctly by this value, but other photos a...
Vicker
Super User
Super UserHi, manugoyal ,
Based on your file info, seems that they were taken on a phone. In such case, you might wanna try to look and edit the date via the Dropbox mobile app. Check out the following official documentation on the steps.
Photos: An overview
> How to change the date on your photos
https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/photos-overview
Cheers
Vicker
Thanks for the suggestion @Vicker! I checked the times for the same files on my phone, and they are both showing up as november, just as on desktop. So that may not be the issue.
- Vicker
You may want to give it a try to edit the date and time, though, and see if there's any effect on the sorting order.
Ah good idea. I did try this, and unfortunately it just seems to bump the photos to the front of the "December 2023" bucket, rather than putting it in the correct month.
