Question

Which is the easiest way I could get the file details / properties under windows?

I am not talking about common properties (such as file size, creation date), but the ones written by variuos software. In my particular case I need to get the detail called “Date taken” for a jpg image file.

I could use PHP, Java or VB.NET, whatever is easier.

My final goal: I have a bunch of images I took with different versions of Android on my phone. They are all named with different naming convention, most of them just something like IMG_[consecutive_numbers].jpg. So I want to rename them all, but for that I need their original creation date, and since I have moved them from my pc to the phone and back so many times, I cannot trust the “creation date” property. I found that all of them have a property which was set by the camera called “Date taken”, which is still intact and valid.

Thanks in advance!

P.S.:

This is what I need:

Answer 1

Is this what you are looking for?
http://php.net/manual/en/function.exif-read-data.php