Ant Renamer VS Namexif

I use the old antrenamer2 utility Https://antp.be/software/renamer. Source: about 1 year ago

I rename the files I download to "2000 AD." If you've downloaded a lot of them, this can be accomplished in seconds using ANT Renamer. Source: about 1 year ago

Once in a blue moon I fire up my windows pc and use my trusty old Ant Renamer https://antp.be/software/renamer probably because I am so used to it. Source: over 1 year ago

You could use a tool like Antrenamer. It should work if you do it via regex (regular expressions). Source: about 3 years ago

I suggest AntRenamer (portable version) for an easy-to-use and powerful GUI. Source: about 3 years ago

If you’re using Windows you can sort the folders by Date Taken or use a tool like NameExif to rename your photos by the date taken in 2023-06-20 12:00 format so they sort correctly. Source: 10 months ago

Https://us.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html I mean, this is like the first result on a Google search. I'm sure there are more sophisticated options if you dig harder. Source: 12 months ago

I used NameExif https://us.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html first to rename all my files into created YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-[event (optional)], then ran exifsort to move them all into YYYY-MM folders. Source: about 1 year ago

The Date Taken data should be preserved which is more important than the file date. You can sort your folders by Date Taken or what I do is use NameExif to rename my photos by date/time taken, which means they’ll always sort correctly and the info can never be accidentally lost. Source: almost 2 years ago

Alternatively what I do is rename my pictures by the date taken so they sort chronologically by file name using an app called Name Exif. Source: almost 2 years ago