Last modified: 2012-12-16 10:21:37 UTC
I upoaded this image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sofia_kyrka_(Vita_Berget_1)_2012-09-01_20-38-50.jpg The date in the template got set to 1 September, but the picture was taken 4 MArch, which can be seen in the EXIF. Shouldn't the Exif date be used in the tempalte instead of the upload date?
Phil Chang recommends doing same as UploadWizard which does seem to use the EXIF date. Brion any thoughts - can we access EXIF data via javascript? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buenos_Aires_-_Recoleta_-_Sepulcro_de_Francisco_Javier_Mu%C3%B1iz.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22_12_-_ITALY_-_Alfa_Romeo_MiTo_Grey_Hatchback_coup%C3%A9_02.JPG
If we had full FileAPI we could definitely do it in JS but I'm not sure that works in PhoneGap especially on Android 2.3. It would not be difficult to rig up a PhoneGap plugin that uses Android standard libraries to extract EXIF data and pass it back to JavaScript; I might give it a shot later in the week.
It feels like our time is probably better spent improving the functionality of the app and fixing more serious bugs. Worst case scenario we could write a bot to fix dates after the contest has finished.
Closing as "WONTFIX" (developers do not plan to fix this) to get rid of the deprecated "LATER" resolution and to provide a realistic outlook - unfortunately developer manpower and time is limited, sorry. In case you feel that this really must get fixed your contributed patch is highly welcome.
Interesting. I don't really have a huge need for this bug to be fixed, but as an IT-consultant I find this process strange. We always let verified bugs stay open until they get fixed, whenever that may be. Otherwise there will be a increasing creep of bugs in the software and the knowledge about them is lost. How could a volunteer developer ever find this task if it is marked as wontfix? (If there is a guideline for volunteers which states that there might be valid bugs in the wontfix category my question can be ignored.)
