I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report.
The bug
I have a media file whose metadata look like this:
% exiftool [redacted].mov
ExifTool Version Number : 13.10
File Name : [redacted].mov
Directory : [redacted]
File Size : 29 MB
File Modification Date/Time : 2025:07:31 20:48:58+09:00
File Access Date/Time : 2025:08:02 16:53:22+09:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2025:08:02 17:04:33+09:00
File Permissions : -rw-r--r--
File Type : MOV
File Type Extension : mov
MIME Type : video/quicktime
Major Brand : Apple QuickTime (.MOV/QT)
Minor Version : 0.0.0
Compatible Brands : qt
Movie Header Version : 0
Create Date : 2025:07:28 13:23:06
Modify Date : 2025:07:28 13:23:08
Time Scale : 600
Duration : 15.27 s
Preferred Rate : 1
Preferred Volume : 100.00%
Preview Time : 0 s
Preview Duration : 0 s
Poster Time : 0 s
Selection Time : 0 s
Selection Duration : 0 s
Current Time : 0 s
Next Track ID : 6
Track Header Version : 0
Track Create Date : 2025:07:28 13:23:06
Track Modify Date : 2025:07:28 13:23:08
Track ID : 1
Track Duration : 15.27 s
Track Layer : 0
Track Volume : 100.00%
Balance : 0
Audio Format : mp4a
Audio Channels : 2
Audio Bits Per Sample : 16
Audio Sample Rate : 44100
Purchase File Format : mp4a
Image Width : 1920
Image Height : 1080
Clean Aperture Dimensions : 1920x1080
Production Aperture Dimensions : 1920x1080
Encoded Pixels Dimensions : 1920x1080
Graphics Mode : ditherCopy
Op Color : 32768 32768 32768
Compressor ID : avc1
Source Image Width : 1920
Source Image Height : 1080
X Resolution : 72
Y Resolution : 72
Compressor Name : H.264
Bit Depth : 24
Video Frame Rate : 29.997
Camera Lens Model : [redacted]
Camera Focal Length 35mm Equivalent : 29
Warning : [minor] The ExtractEmbedded option may find more tags in the media data [x12]
Matrix Structure : 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Content Describes : Track 2
Media Header Version : 0
Media Create Date : 2025:07:28 13:23:06
Media Modify Date : 2025:07:28 13:23:08
Media Time Scale : 600
Media Duration : 15.27 s
Media Language Code : und
Gen Media Version : 0
Gen Flags : 0 0 0
Gen Graphics Mode : ditherCopy
Gen Op Color : 32768 32768 32768
Gen Balance : 0
Handler Class : Data Handler
Handler Vendor ID : Apple
Handler Description : Core Media Data Handler
Meta Format : mebx
Handler Type : Metadata Tags
Make : Apple
Model : [redacted]
Software : [redacted]
Creation Date : 2024:09:09 09:36:40+09:00
Media Data Size : 29059573
Media Data Offset : 18175
Camera Lens Model : [redacted]
Camera Focal Length 35mm Equivalent: 29
Image Size : 1920x1080
Megapixels : 2.1
Avg Bitrate : 15.2 Mbps
Rotation : 90
And Immich should recognize its date captured and show in the right place on timeline.
Immich seems to load the values in this order:
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/** look for a date from these tags (in order) */ |
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const EXIF_DATE_TAGS: Array<keyof Tags> = [ |
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'SubSecDateTimeOriginal', |
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'DateTimeOriginal', |
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'SubSecCreateDate', |
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'CreationDate', |
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'CreateDate', |
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'SubSecMediaCreateDate', |
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'MediaCreateDate', |
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'DateTimeCreated', |
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]; |
'SubSecDateTimeOriginal',
'DateTimeOriginal',
'SubSecCreateDate',
'CreationDate',
'CreateDate',
'SubSecMediaCreateDate',
'MediaCreateDate',
'DateTimeCreated',
Since my media file has Creation Date & Create Date, it should use its Creation Date for the timeline placement. (2024:09:09 09:36:40+09:00)
But when I upload the file, it will go in a wrong datetime (2025:07:28 13:23:06)
I tried refreshing the metadata of the entire server.
The OS that Immich Server is running on
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.8.0-71-generic x86_64)
Version of Immich Server
v1.137.3
Version of Immich Mobile App
Not applicable.
Platform with the issue
Your docker-compose.yml content
#
# WARNING: Make sure to use the docker-compose.yml of the current release:
#
# https://github.com/immich-app/immich/releases/latest/download/docker-compose.yml
#
# The compose file on main may not be compatible with the latest release.
#
name: immich
services:
immich_ts:
image: tailscale/tailscale:latest
hostname: photos
environment:
- TS_AUTHKEY=[redacted]
- TS_STATE_DIR=/var/lib/tailscale
- TS_USERSPACE=false
volumes:
- ./tailscale-immich/state:/var/lib/tailscale
devices:
- /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
cap_add:
- net_admin
restart: unless-stopped
immich_proxy:
image: 'jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest'
container_name: immich_npm
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
- ./nginx/data:/data
- ./nginx/letsencrypt:/etc/letsencrypt
network_mode: service:immich_ts
immich-server:
container_name: immich_server
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
# extends:
# file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
# service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
volumes:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
- ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/usr/src/app/upload
- ./external-library:/srv/external-library
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
env_file:
- .env
depends_on:
- redis
- database
restart: always
healthcheck:
disable: false
immich-machine-learning:
container_name: immich_machine_learning
# For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
# Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
# extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://immich.app/docs/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
# file: hwaccel.ml.yml
# service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
volumes:
- model-cache:/cache
env_file:
- .env
restart: always
healthcheck:
disable: false
redis:
container_name: immich_redis
image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8-bookworm@sha256:42cba146593a5ea9a622002c1b7cba5da7be248650cbb64ecb9c6c33d29794b1
healthcheck:
test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
restart: always
database:
container_name: immich_postgres
image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.3.0-pgvectors0.2.0
environment:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
# Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs
# DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'
volumes:
# Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
- ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
restart: always
volumes:
model-cache:Your .env content
# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://immich.app/docs/install/environment-variables
TZ="Asia/Tokyo"
# The location where your uploaded files are stored
UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
# The location where your database files are stored
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres
# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v1.71.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=release
# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
DB_PASSWORD=[redacted]
# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich
Reproduction steps
docker compose up -d- upload the media file
Relevant log output
Additional information
No response
I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report.
The bug
I have a media file whose metadata look like this:
And Immich should recognize its date captured and show in the right place on timeline.
Immich seems to load the values in this order:
immich/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
Lines 28 to 38 in 19740a3
Since my media file has Creation Date & Create Date, it should use its Creation Date for the timeline placement. (2024:09:09 09:36:40+09:00)
But when I upload the file, it will go in a wrong datetime (2025:07:28 13:23:06)
I tried refreshing the metadata of the entire server.
The OS that Immich Server is running on
Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.8.0-71-generic x86_64)
Version of Immich Server
v1.137.3
Version of Immich Mobile App
Not applicable.
Platform with the issue
Your docker-compose.yml content
Your .env content
Reproduction steps
docker compose up -dRelevant log output
Additional information
No response