setToOldestDate.py

# Author Pratyush Tewari
# Usage `python3 setToOldestDate.py <dir>`
# This depends upon the oldest_datetime_config without which this script will not work

import os
import sys
import subprocess
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import time

absolutepath = ''

fn = sys.argv[1]
if os.path.exists(fn):
    absolutepath = os.path.abspath(fn)
else:
    print ("The path [" + str(fn) + "] does not exists.") 
    print ("Exiting program!")
    sys.exit()

total = 0

for dirName, subdirList, fileList in os.walk(absolutepath):

    for fname in fileList:
        # ignore all hidden files
        
        if fname.startswith(".") :
            print ("Not Processing " + fname)
            continue

        b = os.path.join(dirName, fname)

        filename = str(b).replace(" ", "\ ").replace("'", "\'").replace("(", "\(").replace(")", "\)")
        # Change all the times to the oldest time
        #exiftool -overwrite_original_in_place "-FileModifyDate<OldestDateTime" "-ModifyDate<OldestDateTime" "-DateTimeOriginal<OldestDateTime" "-CreateDate<OldestDateTime" "-GPSDateTime<OldestDateTime" -S -s FILEorDIR
        command = 'exiftool -overwrite_original "-FileModifyDate<OldestDateTime" "-ModifyDate<OldestDateTime" "-DateTimeOriginal<OldestDateTime" "-CreateDate<OldestDateTime" "-GPSDateTime<OldestDateTime" -S -m -progress -ee -q -q ' + filename
        subprocess.Popen([command], stdout=PIPE, universal_newlines=True, shell=True)
        time.sleep(.5)

        # get createtime
        #command = 'exiftool -d "%Y%m%d%H%M.%S" -OldestDateTime -S -s -ee ' +  filename
        #createtime = subprocess.Popen([command], stdout=PIPE, universal_newlines=True, shell=True).communicate()[0].strip()
        # time.sleep(.1)

        #get Timezone
        #command = 'exiftool -d %Z -OldestDateTime -S -s ' + filename
        #timezone = Popen([command], stdout=PIPE, universal_newlines=True, shell=True).communicate()[0].strip()
        
        # touch the file to the oldest time
        #command = "TZ=" + timezone + " touch -t "+  createtime + " " + filename
        #subprocess.run([command], shell=True, check=True)
        # time.sleep(.1)

        # global total
        total += 1

        # Rename the file
        command = 'exiftool "-filename<OldestDateTime" -d PXL_%Y%m%d_%H%M%S%%-c.%%e -S -m -ee -progress -q -q ' + filename
        subprocess.Popen([command], stdout=PIPE, universal_newlines=True, shell=True)
        # To print on top of last output, add ",end = '\r'" at the end of the print statement
        # print (filename + " --> " + createtime  ,end = '\r');
        print ("Processing " + str(total) + " of " + str(len(fileList)), end = '\r');
        time.sleep(.25)

print ("")
print ("Total files updated : " + str(total))