Using ExifTool to Set Dates Based on Filename

ExifTool has been a surprisingly useful piece of software in my recent quest to archive all of my family photographs. This includes scanned film from before the time of personal computers and also mangled files that don&rsquo;t have the correct EXIF data to indicate exactly when they were taken. With the correct EXIF data you can maintain a tidy image archive that plays well with other programs,…