Cannot enter comp because of incorrect photo date

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Cannot enter comp because of incorrect photo date

Postby kalium » Fri 02 Aug, 2013 4:14 pm

I tried entering a photo in the comp, but I get this error:

Photo was taken on 0000-00-00, but photos for this competition must be taken on or after 2013-07-01.

Now clearly this photo was not taken a 0 AD, but was in fact taken last month. I guess I will have to go in and modify the EXIF data myself to get around this?

Cheers.
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Re: Cannot enter comp because of incorrect photo date

Postby Hallu » Fri 02 Aug, 2013 4:19 pm

Right click on your file, properties, details, origin section and you can modify the date yourself easily.
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Re: Cannot enter comp because of incorrect photo date

Postby Son of a Beach » Fri 02 Aug, 2013 4:27 pm

Modifying the EXIF is one way to get around this. Of course the system depends on the honesty of the people entering photos if they are editing EXIF data.

If you can't edit the EXIF, another option is to delete the EXIF data completely (if you can't do that easily, convert it to PNG, and then convert back again - PNG doesn't do EXIF).

Then enter it into the competition.

You'll then get a warning that the date of the photo can't be determined and the entry is only a tentative entry. It will display a link to click on in order to email your proof of date to the competition admin. Click the link and send some sort of proof of date taken. Not sure of the current status, but when I was the competition admin, it didn't take much to convince me. :-) The admin can then log into the system and enter the actual date taken into the system which will complete the entry into the system.
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Re: Cannot enter comp because of incorrect photo date

Postby kalium » Fri 02 Aug, 2013 7:32 pm

Thanks guys, I ended up just stripping the data as that seemed to be the easiest for me. I did start a thread in the trip reports when I got back from the hike, but then again, maybe that was just a ruse to help me get into the photo competition.
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Re: Cannot enter comp because of incorrect photo date

Postby kalium » Wed 21 Aug, 2013 10:33 am

So I guess my photo wasn't accepted ?
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