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Andy T.3's avatar
Andy T.3
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Camera Upload- Preserve Original Photo creation Dates?

Hello, I have a great deal of photos on my Iphone that I am contemplating to use DropBox. Archiving is very important to me with original creation dates. If I use the Camere Upload app, will the pho...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago

    This has not changed and, with the upcoming changes to the way photos are handled, I don't see this changing anytime soon.

     

    The modified date will always be the date that the file was uploaded. Your photos still retain the date that they were taken within the EXIF data of the file. That information, however, is not displayed on Dropbox.

Joan S.18's avatar
Joan S.18
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago

I'm surprised there has been no answer on this issue. It's absolutely critical for me to have the actual file creation dates preserved and viewable in Dropbox, instead of being replaced by the date it was uploaded to Dropbox. 

  • jtjr68su's avatar
    jtjr68su
    Helpful | Level 5
    8 years ago
    I have same issue - any updates? Thanks!!

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