androidtagsexifgps-time

Android: Put GPSTimeStamp into jpg EXIF tags


I trying to set the "GPSTimeStamp" into the exif tags of an jpg via android. The documentation is pretty scarce on this one:
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/ExifInterface.html#TAG_GPS_TIMESTAMP Type is String. Constant Value: "GPSTimeStamp". But what is the exact format?

Looking here: https://ExifTool.org/TagNames/GPS.html
GPSTimeStamp: rational64u[3] (when writing, date is stripped off if present, and time is adjusted to UTC if it includes a timezone)

So I need a long value a 3 cell array? I not sure, what to put in. I have obtained a "UTC time of this fix, in milliseconds since January 1, 1970." via location.gettime().
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/location/Location.html#getTime%28%29
If I write the long value as a string into the Timestamp and check the exif tags via "exif" on Linux, I get the error "denominator expected". All experiments with hh:mm:ss, or other formats have failed. Being a bit lost here.


Solution

  • Proper format for GPSTimeStamp attribute for sample time 14:22:32 is

    "14/1,22/1,32/1"
    

    You can use following code:

    Location location = ...; // TODO - Set location properly.
    long locationTome = location.getTime();
    ExifInterface imageExif = new ExifInterface("absolute_path_to_image");
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    
    calendar.setTimeInMillis(locationTome);
    int hourOfDay = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
    int minutes = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
    int seconds = calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND);
    
    String exifGPSTimestamp = hourOfDay + "/1," + minutes + "/1," + seconds + "/1";
    
    imageExif.setAttribute("GPSTimeStamp", exifGPSTimestamp);
    imageExif.saveAttributes();
    

    It has similar format as GPSLatitude and GPSLongitude attributes. Useful explanation for such format could be also found here: http://www.ridgesolutions.ie/index.php/2015/03/05/geotag-exif-gps-latitude-field-format/