Last modified: 2014-09-22 20:11:47 UTC
I've noticed that my latest uploads using the Android Commons App (on a Sony Xperia Z1 using Android 4.4.3) has the date taken as the 1 January 1970, which is clearly incorrect and isn't using the EXIF date when it should be. Last ok upload was https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_6.jpg but listed below is where 1 January 1970 has been used by the app. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Havilland_DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_(VH-UXZ)_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Havilland_DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_(VH-UXZ)_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_3.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Havilland_DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_(VH-UXZ)_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_4.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Havilland_DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_(VH-UXZ)_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_5.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Havilland_DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_(VH-UXZ)_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_6.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Havilland_DH89A_Dragon_Rapide_(VH-UXZ)_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_7.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auster_J5F_Aiglet_Trainer_(VH-WKY)_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temora_Aviation_Museum_(VH-BFF)_Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-16_Wirraway_A20-653_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temora_Aviation_Museum_(VH-BFF)_Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-16_Wirraway_A20-653_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temora_Aviation_Museum_(VH-BFF)_Commonwealth_Aircraft_Corporation_CA-16_Wirraway_A20-653_on_the_tarmac_at_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_3.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queensland_Nickel_Pty_Ltd_(VP-CFP)_Cessna_750_Citation_X_in_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queensland_Nickel_Pty_Ltd_(VP-CFP)_Cessna_750_Citation_X_in_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_3.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queensland_Nickel_Pty_Ltd_(VP-CFP)_Cessna_750_Citation_X_in_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar_4.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AusJet_Aviation_Group_(VH-ZMG)_Cessna_402C_in_the_Douglas_Aerospace_hangar.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Construction_of_the_mill_site_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_7.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_8.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_9.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_10.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_11.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_12.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampden_Bridge_demolition_13.jpg
See also: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Festejando_la_victoria_de_Argentina_ante_Holanda._patio_olmos_-_C%C3%B3rdoba,_Argentina_.jpg Another Android mobile upload which has 1969-12-31 (essentially, -1) reported as the EXIF date in the {{information}} template. This one actually has no date in the EXIF data itself. On Commons: A search for "31 December 1969 (according to EXIF data)" returns ~160 results A search for "1 January 1970 (according to EXIF data)" returns ~440 results Possible relative of bug 45909?
As the Mobile Apps Team is focussing on the new, native Wikipedia app, the Commons app is no longer being maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. I am WONTFIXing all open Commons app bugs to reflect that we will not be spending time fixing them. For the full story, see this thread on mobile-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-September/thread.html#7974
