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li123
5 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Dropbox photos not staying 100% in chronological order
Hi! Basically, it's exactly what the title says. It's got nothing to do with the date I uploaded the pictures, but the file names themselves. For example, I've been scanning, cataloguing and organisi...
- 5 years agoThanks for those screenshots, it's very helpful indeed li123.
From what I could see in the folder you're having this issue with, it seems this is because the images 101 - 160 have the same date (1991-05-26) as the images up to number 40.
The images 41 and after have a different date which is the reason why they come afterwards (1991-06-26).
Was this maybe a typo and the dates are supposed to be the same?
BernadetteMadden
4 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Thank you for finally giving me a straight answer to my question. I'm sorry that Dropbox can't sort by the original date the image was taken, as it means I will no longer be able to use it. I notice that there a lot of people out there who also file their images in that way so perhaps Dropbox might consider adding it to their 'sort by ' choices.
If you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future!
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