The JPG DATE renaming method is used to add the date to JPG files. The default options are use with pictures from Canon and Kodak cameras. The default name for Kodak pictures is DCP_#### and the default name for Canon pictures is IMG_#### where #### is the number of the picture. Erasing through '_' and then keeping the last two characters keeps either P_#### or G_#### as part of the filename. This allows the pictures to be identified by original number and identifies the camera that took them.
The date format is yyyy mm dd so that sorting the files by name puts them in date order. The separation character can be changed if you wish.
| Old filename | New filename |
|---|---|
| DCP_1234.jpg | 2003 03 12 P_1234.jpg |
| IMG_3456.jpg | 2004 01 10 G_3456.jpg |
Click on the change button to change the text between the single quotes.
The default date separation character is a space. This can be changed to a '-' if you want or any other valid file character using the change command. Note that / and \ are not valid file characters.
If this is empty ('') then no characters are erased from the filename. If the erase pattern is not found in the filename, no changes are added to the filename.
If the erase pattern is found and this is zero, then the first part of the filename up to and including the erase pattern is removed from the filename. If this is 2 then the last two letters of the text that would be removed are kept.
This determines which files are renamed. The default, *.jpg, causes all files with an jpg extension in the current folder to be renamed. Other options are t*.jpg which causes all jpg files starting with t to be renumbered.