You wrote:
I previously had modified some code so the EXIF "Original Time Taken" included date and time.
You mean you hacked a core file or you modified on the theme? In any case there is a standard image meta data function (search the documentation or template-functions.php for the right name). What it displays on the theme is set on the related options.
Generally EXIF is not a real standard and camera vendors often do their own thing. Might be the case here. We haven't changed anything significant in EXIF handling for some time.
What is odd, is that every theme shows only the first 1/2 of the fields below, date, but not the time, on the front end, but the time is showing in the back end. Metadata fields are correctly selected in the back end.
There is no theme option to show only part of a metadata field, so why does it happen so consistently?
case '0132': $tag = 'DateTime'; break; // YYYY:MMD HH:MM:SS
case '9003': $tag = 'DateTimeOriginal'; break;// YYYY:MMD HH:MM:SS
case '9004': $tag = 'DateTimeDigitized'; break; // YYYY:MMD HH:MM:SS
Metadata in my images is formatted exactly as is shown in the code above from exif.php
There is no theme option to show only part of a metadata field, so why does it happen so consistently?
I honestly cannot answer. We did change the type of metadata fields in 1.5.1 as there was an add character limit of 32 chars that is not fitting anymore:
image metadata fields now use general db column sizes since some classic EXIF 32 char limits make no real sense anymore: Numbers/time type use varchar(255), string type use mediumtext. The old actual size definition of the definition in $_zp_exifvars is ignored.
But if you say the backend shows it correctly that cannot be the issue. We'll try to reproduce this.
Malte, Thanks you were correct.
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for the images. I will look at the image info function after Easter. But looking at the display I have something you could check meanwhile already: Did you check the date format set on the options? You find those on Options > Gallery > Date format.
I found the setting at Options > General > Date Format. Sorry I don't remember ever seeing that option, but it was there right in front of me the whole time. It looks like I can customize to 12 hr time too.
Thanks so much!! Sorry for taking your time with this.