[REQ] Plugin for changing timestamp based on filename

[Yuta]

It's very common to download your pictures from your phone to find out that the date isn't preserved. Nevertheless, it's common that the filename be with the time data.
Normally, the format is something as this: "YYMMDD_hhmmss.jpg"

The new change attributes with plugins don't let you use filenames as input data, only plugins of dates or times are allowed.

This could be done with a new plugin.
Should be configurable, in this case could be something like [plugin.0YYMMDD] for the writedate plugin and [plugin.7hhmmss] for the writetime plugin.

The first number defines the offset and the following characters the format.

What do you guys think?. Maybe Hacker read this post and he likes the idea.

[m^2]

Actually I'd love to have a more general solution - communication between plugins, so one wdx plugin could set a field using a field taken from another.
This would be enough for the task you described.

[Flint]

Actually I'd love to have a more general solution - communication between plugins, so one wdx plugin could set a field using a field taken from another.

Hm... But this is actually present in TC! Open Change Attributes dialog, add the new plugin field to change, press [+] to add a field from any other plugin... Or did I understand you wrong?

But this is not enough in this case. It is necessary to convert text into time/date format. I'm not sure, but maybe Script Content Plugin is able to help with this task.

[m^2]

Actually I'd love to have a more general solution - communication between plugins, so one wdx plugin could set a field using a field taken from another.

Hm... But this is actually present in TC! Open Change Attributes dialog, add the new plugin field to change, press [+] to add a field from any other plugin... Or did I understand you wrong?

But this is not enough in this case. It is necessary to convert text into time/date format. I'm not sure, but maybe Script Content Plugin is able to help with this task.

Hey, that's it
It seems that the Change Attributes dialog is one if the most powerful things in TC.
Thanks, Flint

[Lefteous]

2Yuta
Hi,

Normally, the format is something as this: "YYMMDD_hhmmss.jpg"

Please add "tc.writedate" to the list of custom attributes and set the value to

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[=tc.name:5-6].[=tc.name:3-4].[=tc.name:1-2] [=tc.name:8-9]:[=tc.name:10-11]

The format used above is commonly used in Germany. This works great for me but I don't know if this works independently from the local date/time format.

[Yuta]

2Yuta
Hi,

Normally, the format is something as this: "YYMMDD_hhmmss.jpg"

Please add "tc.writedate" to the list of custom attributes and set the value to

Code: Select all

[=tc.name:5-6].[=tc.name:3-4].[=tc.name:1-2] [=tc.name:8-9]:[=tc.name:10-11]

The format used above is commonly used in Germany. This works great for me but I don't know if this works independently from the local date/time format.

Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks.
It worked like a charm!. It'd never crossed my mind to even try something like that!.
The format writedate uses, is not published, I don't know where you took it from, but this completely addresses the problem!.

I think it should be more publicly known, that you can do something like this. Like being at the help.

[ghisler(Author)]

To all other users:
Be warned that Total Commander expects the file date in this field exactly in the order as it is listed in the file list!

So if you see Month/Day/Year in the file list, you will have to provide the date in this form too in the change attributes dialog.