Edit Photo Date Online
Upload an existing photo and change its EXIF Date Taken — the date phones, file explorers and photo apps display.
Processed locally — the photo never leaves your device.
Drag & drop a photo here, or click to choose a file
JPG only · up to 20MB · processed locally in your browser
JPG only — PNG, WebP and HEIC cannot reliably carry GPS EXIF that photo apps read.
What Is the “Date Taken” of a Photo?
Every JPEG carries EXIF metadata alongside the image data. One of its fields, DateTimeOriginal, records when the shutter was pressed — this is the “Date Taken” that Windows Explorer, macOS Finder, Google Photos and iPhone Photos display and sort by.
When this field is missing or wrong, the photo sorts to the wrong place in your library or shows no date at all. Editing it fixes the record without touching the picture.
How to Edit the Date of a Photo Online
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1. Upload Your Photo
Drop in a JPG photo. The tool reads the EXIF date currently stored in the file and shows it as “Current date taken”.
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2. Pick the New Date & Time
Enter the correct date and time, or keep the suggested one. The format follows your device settings.
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3. Save the Date to EXIF
The tool writes the new value into the DateTimeOriginal, DateTimeDigitized and DateTime fields, replacing the old ones, and verifies the output by re-reading it.
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4. Download the Dated Photo
Download the JPEG. Its pixels are byte-identical to the original — only the invisible date metadata changed.
Editing the Date of a GPS Map Camera Photo
GPS Map Camera and similar watermark camera apps stamp the date visibly on the picture and store metadata alongside. If your goal is to correct the file's date record — what file explorers and photo apps list — this tool edits it online for free, right in the browser.
If instead the date is burned into the pixels as a visible watermark band, no EXIF editor can move it: the picture itself must be edited. Crop or erase the visible band with the watermark remover, then optionally set a correct EXIF date here so the photo still sorts correctly.
Which Date Fields Are Changed?
- ✓DateTimeOriginal — when the shutter was pressed (the “Date Taken”)
- ✓DateTimeDigitized — when the image was stored
- ✓DateTime (Modify Date) — the file-level last-modified stamp inside EXIF
Everything else in the file — GPS, camera, settings, image data — is preserved byte-for-byte. The write is lossless.
Privacy
The photo is processed locally in your browser and never uploaded. Editing works offline once the page has loaded.
Want to inspect what else the file carries, or remove the GPS location before sharing? Open the EXIF viewer.
Edit Photo Date FAQ
- What does “Date Taken” mean?
- It is the EXIF DateTimeOriginal field: the moment the photo was captured, as recorded by the camera. Photo libraries display and sort by this date.
- How do I edit the date of a photo online?
- Upload the photo, pick the new date and time, and save. The tool writes the new EXIF date into the file and verifies the result before the download is offered — free, without an account.
- How do I edit the date in a GPS Map Camera photo for free?
- If the date needs correcting in the file's metadata, upload the photo here and set the right value — it works online and free. If the date is visibly stamped on the picture itself, remove that band with the watermark remover first; EXIF editing cannot repaint pixels.
- Does editing the date change how the photo looks?
- No. Only the invisible EXIF date fields are rewritten; the image data is copied byte-for-byte, so resolution, quality and every pixel stay identical.
- Does the photo keep its GPS location?
- Yes. Only the three date fields are touched — GPS coordinates, camera information and all other metadata are preserved exactly as they were.
- Are my photos uploaded to a server?
- No. Editing happens locally in your browser; the file never leaves your device.
- Which formats are supported?
- JPEG / JPG — the format cameras write EXIF into. PNG, WebP and HEIC cannot be edited here; converting a photo to JPG first makes its date editable.