Photos get wrong dates and time zones
Google Photos assigns wrong capture dates and time zones to uploaded photos, especially from cameras and odd devices.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 24 July 2020 · last reported 20 March 2025
What's going wrong
People uploading photos from older or unusual cameras find Google Photos shows wrong dates, such as absurd 1900s years, or a time zone that does not match where the picture was taken.
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