GMT time xt 4 accuracy?

[ETDroneHome]

I shot an image in late afternoon using a 50-140 lens. (body version 2.01 and lens 1.40) The direction of the light from the west confirms the afternoon timeframe. My XT 4 is set to Chicago/ Mexico City - 6 GMT. When I imported the image into LR the date created time is listed as -  2024-05-12T04:54:10-05:00  - .   I discovered the discrepancy when I did a screen shot to capture EXIF data to establish the time /  date of capture.  I do not see any way to adjust the display of time in XT 4 setting other than what I have listed already. This makes the screenshot data worthless for my purpose. I would like to see an AM/Pm type display at least for my purposes. 

Any ideas why this is happening would be appreciated. 

Thanks in advance. 

Rich

[jerryy]

It seems like you have a couple of questions …

The EXIF date/time information is stored in 24 hour format (military format).

The time you posted is 4:54 a.m., almost 5:00 a.m. The -5:00 is to show daylight savings time is in effect, otherwise it would be -6:00. Do you recall what time you moved the image over to your storage drive? Also, there is a camera setting that allows you to use local time rather than "home" time, was that turned on?

One other thing to note is that Chicago does have daylight savings time / standard time offsets, but Mexico City does not observe those time changes. The -5:00 dst is for Chicago.

I do not know if LR handles the date/time EXIF field correctly or if you need a plug-in for that. If the clock on your computer is being used by LR for image date / time creation information, your computer's time will seem to over-ride the actual creation date /time.

Depending on what you need that date for, you may be able to overlay results from an EXIF reader that uses 12 hour format, on the image viewer and take a screen shot. Some OS file viewers do that, but be careful, often they will show the time you move the file onto the drive rather than the EXIF date/time original field.

Edited June 29, 2024 by jerryy

[ETDroneHome]

Thanks Jerry,

The problem was of my creation. When I set up the camera I did not notice 24 hours as the default and only option with the xt4. I set it up at 5:45 am. The time when the photo was captured was never an issue until this one. Thanks for your help. Rich

[jerryy]

3 hours ago, ETDroneHome said:

Thanks Jerry,

The problem was of my creation. When I set up the camera I did not notice 24 hours as the default and only option with the xt4. I set it up at 5:45 am. The time when the photo was captured was never an issue until this one. Thanks for your help. Rich

I take it that you have found how to change it over to the 12 hour AM/PM format. It is a little easier to read if you are used to seeing it that way,

(If you have not, instead of leaving it with the correct time, but in the 24 hour format, go to the set-up menu the same as if you are setting the date and time, but keep arrowing over to right. The last field lets you change back and forth between 12 hr and 24 hr time.).

edit: p.s. I would think, but do not know, that LR would show the time in 12 hour, AM/PM mode if you make that change. But if it does not, an EXIF reader should help.

Edited June 29, 2024 by jerryy

[ETDroneHome]

I did not find a way to change it to 12 hr format. The xt 4 is fixed at 24 hour format. After changing the time of day 24 hour is not a selectable field. My camera clock was not set correctly initially by taking into account adding 12 hours. After searching for help on YouTube it was obvious that different models of Fuji cameras have different format constraints. Some only allow 12 hour format some you can choose the format and some only 24 hours. I’m not sure why this is the case. 

There is also no ability to display the time of day when taking a photo. Nor is the time available in playback mode. You can scroll with display/back button and none of the screens display the time a photo was captured. 

I did not realize an EXIF reader was available. Can you suggest your preference?

 

[jerryy]

Hopefully this will not be annoying...

I checked all of mine after reading your reply, and there are several approaches, some let you choose the format and some do not.

But... When you first turn the camera on, does it briefly show the date and time? All of mine do, and then after a short while, the camera turns it back off, I suppose to not distract from seeing the image.

Also, you may have a way to display the time in the playback; bring up an image in playback mode, and press the DISP/BACK button to cycle through to the Histogram displays:

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Push the Up selector to choose the NEXT option to get to this display:

Hopefully this works for yours.

p.s. I use EXIFTool to do the heavy lifting:

https://exiftool.org/

Which reader will work best for you depends on which operating system you use, Linux, macOS or Windows. If you are using macOS, the App store has several free or low cost ones you can try. But just about all of them use EXIFTool as their background engine.

 

Edited June 29, 2024 by jerryy