Issue sorting media files by creation date in final cut pro.

I would say 70% of the clips are in order while the rest are days off.

What does holiday mean? Please explain in detail what is the difference from 70%.

Is there a way to sort by "Date Modified" or fix what FCP thinks is the "Content Created" date?

Finder modification date = FCP content creation date. *Copying media to the library does not change the content creation date.

If the date and time are different:

1. Select media in your browser.
2. Menu: Change: Adjust content creation date and time. *Be sure to back up your library and media. Please test with a copy in advance.

I also backup the files on OneDrive when I retrieve the footage. I tried importing from there to FCP, did not change anything.

Q: If arranged in chronological order, is it in the following order?

1. Camera recording date of DSCF0001.mov: February 15th.
2. Copy from camera to hard drive. File change date: February 15th
3. Copy from hard drive (from camera?) to OneDrive. File change date: May 2nd
4. Import from OneDrive to FCP. Content creation date: FCP was displayed as May 2nd.

Would changing the date not change all selected clips to the same date?

As I have already written, please test with a copy in advance.

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I am Japanese and English is not my native language. Since we are using a translation function, "day off" will only be translated as a holiday. I would like you to write in simple English.

I tested this a year ago by checking the metadata dates with exiftool. FCP 10.6.6 displays imported movie dates in this order in its "Content Created" column if one or all of them exist (...I did not test if GPS locations or timezones might intervene like they do in images...):

1. Keys:CreationDate (.mp4, .m4v, .mov)

2. UserData:DateTimeOriginal (.m4v)

3. QuickTime:CreateDate (.m4v)

4. MacOS:FileCreateDate (.mp4, .m4v, .mov)

Yes. Select all the clips you want to have the same date and change them together.

I would assume copying from OneDrive has the same effect. The date they’re copied to the local drive becomes the creation date.

It always best to import directly from the source, the camera card, or camera archive.

I run into this issue in the opposite direction when working with AVCHD files from a Sony camera that have been run through EditReady. I set the modification date to the creation date using GetFileInfo and SetFile.

This gets the creation date of the file and then sets the modification date to that creation date.

#!/bin/bash
for i in *.mov
        do
                created=`/usr/bin/GetFileInfo -d "$i"`;
                /usr/bin/SetFile -m "$created" "$i";
        done

You could try swapping it around and set the creation date to the modification date. I did some simple tests and it appears to work. The backticks ` are needed.

#!/bin/bash
for i in *.mov
        do
                modified=`/usr/bin/GetFileInfo -m "$i"`;
                /usr/bin/SetFile -d "$modified" "$i";
        done

Only run this on a duplicate backup media folder!

Was May 2 when the files were copied into the hard drive?

You don’t have to change each clip individually. You can change all the clips from the same day at once.