racheliee / rename_images

Rename images and videos in a directory by the date & time they were created.

rename images & videos with date taken

Purpose

This code is used to rename image & video files in a directory using the EXIF data of the file. (If no EXIF data exists, the last modified date will be used).

Usage

Put the code in the directory where the images & videos are located. Run the code.

Renaming Behaviour

The code will rename the files in the directory with the following format:

YYYYMMDD_HHMM.ext

Ex:
Given a photo named IMG_0000.jpg taken on 2019/01/01 at 12:00, the code will rename it to:

20190101_1200.jpg

If there are multiple files taken at the same time, the code will append a number to the end of the file name.

Ex:
Given a photo named IMG_0000.jpg taken on 2019/01/01 at 12:00 and another photo named IMG_0001.jpg taken on 2019/01/01 at 12:00, the code will rename them to:

20190101_1200.jpg
20190101_1200_1.jpg

If a photo does not have EXIF data, the last modified date of the image/video file will be used. (Since videos most often do not have EXIF data, it will use the last modified date).

Supported Extensions

The code will rename files with the following extensions:

• heic
• jpg
• jpeg
• png
• mov
• mp4

Dependencies

Install exifread to read exif data from images pip install "exifread<3" (for mac silicon users) otherwise, install the regular exifread version