* Martin (Lists) <[email protected]> [09-13-17 15:35]:
> Hallo
> 
> I recently stumbled over a minor problem: exif timestamp handling in
> darktable. I usually set my camera to record tiemstamps in local time
> zone including DST. This is to get an idea at which local time the photo
> was shot. UTC is only an option if I can set the timezone as well (which
> I can not or at least I don't know how).
> 
> Darktable seems to use the time set in camera as UTC time and adds two
> hours for central europe in summer. So I am two hours ahead of real
> time. If I shot photos in London (and set camera time) I am one hour
> off. To get the real local time I always have to recalc the displayed time.
> 
> If I shot a photo in New York at 8am I want to see a timestamp of 8am
> not a corrected one for germany of 2pm or even worse corrected via UTC
> with additional two hours.
> 
> May be an option will be great to use exif timestamp as it is, or as UTC?

I set time in my cameras to "local" time/timezone and time appears correct
in dt.  don't know what it is you are seeing or might it be related to
your particular camera(s)/brand.  I have nikons, d3/d7200/d500
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