Re: Patch! Change Time(zone) function

["Bengt Thuree" <bengt thuree com>]

Hej

F-Spot stores all timestamps as UTC.

-Bengt


On Ti, 2005-08-16, 04:21 am, Mattias Holmlund skrev:
> On 8/15/05, Bengt Thuree <bengt thuree com> wrote:
>> Hej
> Hej,
>
>>
>> Here is the first release of the ChangePhotoTime routine.
>>
>> For a teaser, please check the GUI at
>> www.thuree.com:8080/bt/testing/F-Spot_TimeZone.jpg
>>
>> Please test it and do come with suggestions for features/enhancements.
>
> I have given up on remembering to change the time on my camera every
> time I travel to a different timezone. I always end up forgetting to
> change it back... Instead, I have set the camera to use UTC time. This
> means that the timestamp on each image is always a correct UTC time. I
> haven't quite figured out how I would like f-spot to handle this. Some
> kind of TimeZone-field where I can keep track of in what timezone the
> picture was taken perhaps.
>
> It might be a good idea to adopt UTC times for all images in F-Spot.
> You don't necessarily have to set the time to UTC in your camera if
> you don't want to, but it might make sense for f-spot to always store
> timestamps in UTC. If f-spot stores the local time where the picture
> was taken, the picture you took before you boarded the plane might
> have an earlier timestamp than the picture you took when the plane
> landed.
>
> /Mattias
>
>>
>> Gnome HIG I am not sure I am following, neither proper translation
>> standards.
>> This is my second try at coding in Gnome and C# so bear with me please
>> :)
>>
>> The command I used to create the diff files were as follows
>>   diff -Naur ../f-spot-0.0.13.orig/src/Makefile src/Makefile >
>> Makefile.diff
>>   diff -Naur ../f-spot-0.0.13.orig/src/MainWindow.cs src/MainWindow.cs >
>> MainWindow.cs.diff
>>   diff -Naur ../f-spot-0.0.13.orig/src/PhotoStore.cs src/PhotoStore.cs >
>> PhotoStore.cs.diff
>>   diff -Naur ../f-spot-0.0.13.orig/src/f-spot.glade src/f-spot.glade >
>> f-spot.glade.diff
>>
>>   and then I just copied the ChangePhotoTime.cs file
>>
>> The changes I introduced to PhotoStore consist of one new method
>> (CommitTime (DbItem item))
>> which updates only the time (thought it was uneccasary to call commit
>> and
>> modify tags and all).
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> /Bengt
>>
>> p.s.
>> I have based my modifications on F-Spot version 0.0.13
>>
>>
>> -----
>>
>> A debug trace from one of my runs...
>>
>> nrjbeth brdhcp052-89:~/development/f-spot/f-spot-0.0.13.TimeZone$ f-spot
>> Photo 20030426_Jasmine_ 006.jpg, Old time 23/04/2003 7:11:06 AM, New
>> time
>> 24/04/2003 7:10:06 AM
>> Photo 20030819_Jasmine_ 009.jpg, Old time 16/08/2003 10:50:27 AM, New
>> time
>> 17/08/2003 10:49:27 AM
>> Photo 20030822_Jasmine 002a.jpg, Old time 21/08/2003 4:36:45 AM, New
>> time
>> 22/08/2003 4:35:45 AM
>> Photo 20040131_JadeJasmine_China_1.JPG, Old time 30/01/2004 2:29:05 AM,
>> New time 31/01/2004 2:28:05 AM
>> Photo 20040629 183759_Linköping_PrincessJasmine_004.JPG, Old time
>> 28/06/2004 8:38:59 AM, New time 29/06/2004 8:37:59 AM
>> Photo 20040717 125752_Loftahammar_AakesSummerHouse.JPG, Old time
>> 16/07/2004 2:58:52 AM, New time 17/07/2004 2:57:52 AM
>> Photo 20040723 142528_Stockholm_Skansen_Jasmine_Bengt_005.JPG, Old time
>> 22/07/2004 4:26:28 AM, New time 23/07/2004 4:25:28 AM
>> Photo 20040905181719_Yokohama_SushiTime_Jasmine_000.JPG, Old time
>> 4/09/2004 8:18:19 AM, New time 5/09/2004 8:17:19 AM
>> Photo 20041005130110_Mohnani_Jasmine_Bengt.JPG, Old time 4/10/2004
>> 3:02:10
>> AM, New time 5/10/2004 3:01:10 AM
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Bengt Thuree   bengt thuree com    www.thuree.com/bt
>>
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