How to Easily Put Date and Time on Pictures

To better remember one particular event captured with a digital camera it's useful to see the actual date and time when the photos were taken. A convenient way to accomplish this is to add the date and time on the picture itself. So no matter if the photos are displayed on your computer or in a classic photo-album, the original date and time stamp will be visible!

The easiest way to accomplish this is to set your digital camera to add date/time stamps to your pictures, if the camera has this feature. However there are some drawbacks to this solution:

  • The date/time stamp is not removable. So if you later decide to get rid of it, you can't since the original image is altered
  • The date will not be correctly applied on portrait photos, since most digital cameras do not automatically rotate the portrait photos before applying the stamp
  • There are no options to configure the stamp's appearance so it will not look very smooth

The good news is that the original date/time is written by every digital camera in each photo (the embedded EXIF record) no matter the format you shot it in (JPG, TIF or RAW). This means that you can timestamp your images after moving them to your computer.

So the best solution would be to transfer your digital photos to the computer, back them up, and then use a software program to put the date/time on your images in batch mode.

Introducing BatchPhoto, a software program for Windows® & Mac® OS X that can:

  • Read the original date/time for every photo, from the embedded EXIF record that all digital cameras write
  • Correctly imprint the date/time on portrait photos by automatically rotating photos before stamping (the Auto Rotate filter)
  • Customize the font, color and even the text's transparency. The date format as well as placement of the stamp are fully customizable.
  • Timestamp all your photos (JPEG, TIFF or RAW) in one session. One dozen or one thousand photos is the same for BatchPhoto which takes advantage of muti-core processors to greatly improve the processing speed.
  • Apply additional edits on your photos in the same session, including: rename, resize, watermark, touch-up, convert, and even upload the processed photos to Facebook®, Picasa®, and more!

But you can try BatchPhoto fully-featured for free and see for yourself if it's what you need, just click on the "Try it Free" button below!

Stamp date

A very convenient way to remember when a photo was taken is to embed the date and time in the picture itself. Unfortunately not all digital cameras can add date/time stamps on your photos and those who can usually display unattractive stamps that cannot be removed afterwards. Learn more by reading the following article:

Stamp date on pictures

Note: BatchPhoto works on Windows® 8, 7, Vista, and XP as well as Mac® OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), Lion (10.7) and Snow Leopard (10.6).