Date Taken

0x9003

Also: DateTimeOriginal

When the photo was originally captured.

DateTimeOriginal is the moment the shutter fired, written as 'YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS'. It is the most trustworthy timestamp because, unlike file dates, it does not change when the file is copied.

Related tags include DateTimeDigitized (when it was recorded to a card) and DateTime (last modified).

Example value

2026:07:13 14:30:00

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