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Date/Time

Formats a filesystem timestamp with a date/time pattern.

Date/Time token editor
Token editor.

Signature (positional): <file-date:format-string,date-kind>

Option Description
format-string See Date and Time Format Strings. May contain commas; the last comma separates date-kind.
date-kind creation, lastWrite, or lastAccess (case-insensitive). In the editor, Kind is Creation, Last write, or Last access.

Examples

Token Result
<file-date:yyyy-MM-dd,creation> Creation date as 2024-03-15
<file-date:yyyyMMdd_HHmmss,lastWrite> Last write as 20240315_143022
<file-date:yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss,lastAccess> Last access as 2024-03-15_14-30-22

For EXIF shot date, use <exif-date:yyyy-MM-dd> instead.