How copy "Modified date" to "Created date"?

For some reason, all my photos have had their "Created date" changed to a date in 2015? I do not have a back-up I can restore (have over 30,000 pictures), but both the "Modified date" and the "Last opened" date remain as the original "Created date".

Is there ANY way to copy either the "Modified date" or the "Last opened" to replace the "Created date"?

ANY suggestions very much appreciated.

Thank you and happy new year,

Kenneth

I am using a MacBook Air with latest Photos and OS installed.

Posted on Jan 1, 2016 6:19 AM

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Jan 1, 2016 7:26 AM in response to Kenneth the Dane

Where are you seeing the "Date Created" in Photos? The Info panel in Photos is only showing the capture date embedded in the IPTC and EXIF tags of the original image file.


The file creation date you are seeing in the Finder, if you access the originals using the Finder, may change, if your library is synced with iCloud. All the original image files in my iCloud Photo Library on my MacBook Pro Retina are showing a creation date sometime in July, when I downloaded the library from iCloud.

Jan 1, 2016 7:12 AM in response to Kenneth the Dane

I see the 2015 date both in Photos under See Info, as well as in Finder.

Then the image files do not have an embedded capture tag. Are they perhaps scanned photos? You can correct the date that Photos is using by selecting the images in Photos and using the command "Image > Adjust Date and Time". Photos is using the File creation date only, if no capture date has been embedded by the camera.

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