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A PowerShell script to organize photos by date taken
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| Param( | |
| [Parameter(mandatory)] | |
| [string]$source, | |
| [Parameter(mandatory)] | |
| [string]$dest, | |
| [string]$format = "yyyy-MM-dd", | |
| [bool]$dryrun = $False | |
| ) | |
| $shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application | |
| function Get-File-Date { | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| Param ( | |
| $object | |
| ) | |
| $dir = $shell.NameSpace( $object.Directory.FullName ) | |
| $file = $dir.ParseName( $object.Name ) | |
| # First see if we have Date Taken, which is at index 12 | |
| $date = Get-Date-Property-Value $dir $file 12 | |
| #Write-Host "debug -- Date Taken: (from Get-Date-Property-Value index 12): $date" | |
| if ($null -eq $date) { | |
| Write-Host "Could not get Date Taken for $object" | |
| return | |
| ## If we don't have Date Taken, then find the oldest date from all date properties | |
| #0..287 | ForEach-Object { | |
| # $name = $dir.GetDetailsof($dir.items, $_) | |
| # if ( $name -match '(date)|(created)') { | |
| # | |
| # # Only get value if date field because the GetDetailsOf call is expensive | |
| # $tmp = Get-Date-Property-Value $dir $file $_ | |
| # if ( ($null -ne $tmp) -and (($null -eq $date) -or ($tmp -lt $date))) { | |
| # $date = $tmp | |
| # } | |
| # } | |
| #} | |
| } | |
| return $date | |
| } | |
| function Get-Date-Property-Value { | |
| [CmdletBinding()] | |
| Param ( | |
| $dir, | |
| $file, | |
| $index | |
| ) | |
| #$value = ($dir.GetDetailsof($file, $index) -replace "`u{200e}") -replace "`u{200f}" | |
| $value = ($dir.GetDetailsof($file, $index) -replace "`\u200e|") -replace "`\u200f|" | |
| if ($value -and $value -ne '') { | |
| #Write-Host "debug -- GetDetailsof after character replacement: $value" | |
| #return [DateTime]::ParseExact($value, "g", $null) | |
| return [DateTime]::ParseExact($value, 'yyyy-MM-dd h:mm tt', $null) | |
| } | |
| return $null | |
| } | |
| Get-ChildItem -Attributes !Directory $source -Recurse | | |
| Foreach-Object { | |
| #Write-Host "Processing $_" | |
| Write-Host "Processing $($_.FullName)" | |
| if (!(('.jpg','.jpeg','.gif','.png').Contains($_.Extension.ToLower()))) { | |
| Write-Host "Skipping because extension is: $($_.Extension)" | |
| return | |
| } | |
| $date = Get-File-Date $_ | |
| #Write-Host "debug -- Get-File-Date result: $date" | |
| if ($date) { | |
| $destinationFolder = Get-Date -Date $date -Format $format | |
| $destinationPath = Join-Path -Path $dest -ChildPath $destinationFolder | |
| # See if the destination file exists and rename until we get a unique name | |
| $newFullName = Join-Path -Path $destinationPath -ChildPath $_.Name | |
| if ($_.FullName -eq $newFullName) { | |
| Write-Host "Skipping: Source file and destination files are at the same location. $_" | |
| return | |
| } | |
| $newNameIndex = 1 | |
| $newName = $_.Name | |
| if (Test-Path -Path $newFullName) { | |
| Write-Host "Skipping file as destination already exists" | |
| return | |
| } | |
| while (Test-Path -Path $newFullName) { | |
| $newName = ($_.BaseName + "_$newNameIndex" + $_.Extension) | |
| $newFullName = Join-Path -Path $destinationPath -ChildPath $newName | |
| $newNameIndex += 1 | |
| } | |
| # If we have a new name, then we need to rename in current location before moving it. | |
| if ($newNameIndex -gt 1) { | |
| Rename-Item -Path $_.FullName -NewName $newName | |
| } | |
| Write-Host "Moving $_ to $newFullName `r`n" | |
| if (!$dryRun) { | |
| # Create the destination directory if it doesn't exist | |
| if (!(Test-Path $destinationPath)) { | |
| New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $destinationPath | |
| } | |
| robocopy $_.DirectoryName $destinationPath $newName /mov | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
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