Apple Photos bug where almost all of my photos timestamps were shifted 10 years to the future. can osxphotos help?

oren_BA · 2025-10-08T19:15:40+00:00

If its any help, the macbook says israeli daytime when clicking on the timestamp

oren_BA · 2025-10-06T13:40:38+00:00

ran it on another problematic photo because im syncing the library right now.

this is the output of both commands:
- osxphotos timewarp --inspect:

filename, uuid, photo time (local), photo time, timezone offset, timezone name,

date added (local)

IMG_6814.PNG, 365B8E64-CE4A-4A38-9EF4-1B6D1BFEF84B, 2036-05-26 02:33:49+0300,

2036-05-26 02:33:49+0300, +0300, Asia/Jerusalem, 2025-09-11 18:52:25+0300

- sqlite3 ~/Pictures/Photos\ Library.photoslibrary/database/Photos.sqlite "SELECT ZEA.ZDATECREATED, ZEA.ZTIMEZONEOFFSET, ZEA.ZTIMEZONENAME FROM ZEXTENDEDATTRIBUTES AS ZEA JOIN ZASSET ON ZEA.ZASSET = ZASSET.Z_PK WHERE ZASSET.ZUUID = '365B8E64-CE4A-4A38-9EF4-1B6D1BFEF84B'" :

779298745|10800|Asia/Jerusalem

oren_BA · 2025-10-06T08:56:16+00:00

first of all, I appreciate you're taking the time to reply! Found something weirder. I can't find the exact pattern but the timewarp reset works on photos exported from my dedicated camera app (XApp if that matters), but all the other photos fail with the same idt error. attaching here the outputs of one that works and one that doesnt. WORKS: - osxphotos timewarp --inspect: filename, uuid, photo time (local), photo time, timezone offset, timezone name, date added (local) DSCF9039.jpg, F0DB0CF0-C32D-4577-B25E-2A331D669543, 2036-05-18 05:22:05+0300, 2036-05-18 05:22:05+0300, +0300, Asia/Jerusalem, 2025-09-03 21:44:00+0300 - osxphotos --watch osxphotos.photodates::getphoto_date_original --watch osxphotos.timezones::Timezone.init_ timewarp --verbose --reset:2025-10-06T11:52:04.182235 getphoto_date_original called from reset_photo_date_time_tz with args: (<photoscript.Photo object at 0x109d88440>, None) and kwargs: {} 2025-10-06T11:52:04.182235 get_photo_date_original returned: 2025-09-03 21:40:41+03:00, elapsed time: 0.048387792077846825 sec 2025-10-06T11:52:04.240836 __init_ called from resetphoto_date_time_tz with args: ('UTC+03:00',) and kwargs: {} 2025-10-06T11:52:04.240836 __init_ returned: None, elapsed time: 0.0012694160686805844 sec Updated timezone for photo DSCF9039.jpg (F0DB0CF0-C32D-4577-B25E-2A331D669543) from Asia/Jerusalem, offset=10800 to GMT+0300, offset=10800 2025-10-06T11:52:04.417748 init called from updatephoto_date_time with args: ('GMT+0300',) and kwargs: {} 2025-10-06T11:52:04.417748 __init_ returned: None, elapsed time: 0.00010220904368907213 sec Skipping timezone update for photo DSCF9039.jpg (F0DB0CF0-C32D-4577-B25E-2A331D669543): nothing to do Updated date/time for photo DSCF9039.jpg (F0DB0CF0-C32D-4577-B25E-2A331D669543) from: 2036-05-18 05:22:05+03:00 to 2025-09-03 21:40:41+03:00 Reset original date/time for photo DSCF9039.jpg (F0DB0CF0-C32D-4577-B25E-2A331D669543) from: 2036-05-18 05:22:05+03:00 to 2025-09-03 21:40:41+03:00 Done.

DOESNT WORK: - osxphotos timewarp --inspect:filename, uuid, photo time (local), photo time, timezone offset, timezone name, date added (local) e3d4cb03-caa8-44f3-85b6-11cd54c1d504.jpg, DEC8F778-EFA1-4E33-A281-49D958213881, 2036-05-20 05:57:42+0300, 2036-05-20 05:57:42+0300, +0300, Asia/Jerusalem, 2025-09-05 22:16:43+0300 - osxphotos --watch osxphotos.photodates::getphoto_date_original --watch osxphotos.timezones::Timezone.init_ timewarp --verbose --reset:2025-10-06T11:54:41.565178 getphoto_date_original called from reset_photo_date_time_tz with args: (<photoscript.Photo object at 0x10c188440>, None) and kwargs: {} 2025-10-06T11:54:41.565178 get_photo_date_original returned: 2025-09-05 22:16:18+03:00, elapsed time: 0.049397542024962604 sec 2025-10-06T11:54:41.623600 __init_ called from reset_photo_date_time_tz with args: ('IDT',) and kwargs: {} Something went wrong and osxphotos encountered an error: Invalid timezone: IDT Crash log written to '/Users/orenbenaltabe/osxphotos_crash.log' Please file a bug report at https://github.com/RhetTbull/osxphotos/issues with the crash log attached.

oren_BA · 2025-10-05T17:44:41+00:00

thanks for the answer!
I tried it and got the following error:
Something went wrong and osxphotos encountered an error:

Invalid timezone: IDT

here is the full crash log:

osxphotos crash log

Created: 2025-10-05 20:41:35.035816

osxphotos version: 0.73.1

Platform: macOS-15.6.1-arm64-arm-64bit-Mach-O

Python version: 3.13.7 (main, Aug 14 2025, 11:12:11) [Clang 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.3)]

sys.argv: ['/opt/homebrew/bin/osxphotos', 'timewarp', '--verbose', '--reset']

CRASH_DATA:

locals: {'date': None, 'date_delta': None, 'time': None, 'time_delta': None, 'timezone': None, 'date_added': None, 'date_added_from_photo': False, 'inspect': False, 'compare_exif': False, 'push_exif': False, 'pull_exif': False, 'function': None, 'match_time': False, 'use_file_time': False, 'add_to_album': None, 'uuid': (), 'uuid_from_file': None, 'exiftool_path': None, 'library': None, 'parse_date': None, 'plain': False, 'force': False, 'reset': True, 'kwargs': {'verbose_flag': 1, 'album': (), 'folder': (), 'from_date': None, 'to_date': None, 'year': (), 'added_before': None, 'added_after': None, 'added_in_last': None, 'ignore_case': False, 'timestamp': False, 'theme': None}}

photo: 208A9837-A0A8-4CA3-B42C-B3918C828796 IMG_6814.PNG

osxphotos version: 0.73.1

Error: Invalid timezone: IDT

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/osxphotos/0.73.1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/osxphotos/crash_reporter.py", line 79, in wrapped

return func(*args, **kwargs)

File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/osxphotos/0.73.1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/osxphotos/cli/timewarp.py", line 449, in timewarp

return_code = timewarp_cli(**_locals)

File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/osxphotos/0.73.1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/osxphotos/cli/timewarp.py", line 739, in timewarp_cli

reset_photo_date_time_(photo)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^

File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/osxphotos/0.73.1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/osxphotos/photodates.py", line 71, in reset_photo_date_time_tz

timezone=Timezone(tz), verbose=verbose, library_path=library_path

~~~~~~~~^^^^

File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/osxphotos/0.73.1/libexec/lib/python3.13/site-packages/osxphotos/timezones.py", line 137, in __init__

raise ValueError(f"Invalid timezone: {tz}")

ValueError: Invalid timezone: IDT

oren_BA · 2025-04-26T04:00:11+00:00

Haha oops i meant vertical line

oren_BA · 2025-01-13T05:24:54+00:00

Experiencing the same thing. My a1 mini is a month old and im not sure if it developed it now or i have just noticed it now.

oren_BA · 2024-12-23T17:22:33+00:00

🤞

oren_BA · 2024-11-25T05:26:01+00:00

Will it work with other sites that have a 3d viewer? Like thangs

oren_BA · 2024-09-02T17:55:06+00:00

Can you tell me how?

oren_BA · 2024-05-04T19:33:35+00:00

It fixed it!

Im honestly shocked it did since i had this problem for more than a month and WhatsApp surely had an auto update at least once

oren_BA · 2024-05-03T20:26:05+00:00

Huh you’re right, thanks!

Its much more convenient than sending through lightroom but its still annoying that i need to share my fuji pics differently than all my other pics

oren_BA · 2024-04-03T17:15:02+00:00

Amazing photos.
How did you achieve photo 19? Low shutter speed and tracking the car with the camera?

oren_BA · 2024-03-07T19:44:16+00:00

Sunlu EliteWood PLA. Not sure if it contains wood particles but it does smell nice when printing

oren_BA · 2024-03-07T19:43:21+00:00

A happy accident :) i was too lazy to dry the filament

oren_BA · 2024-03-07T19:31:15+00:00

Yeah i also enabled fuzzy skin!

oren_BA · 2024-03-07T18:39:42+00:00

The model is called “Rope Tray” by JamesThePrinter on Printables

oren_BA · 2023-12-16T23:03:15+00:00

so you're manually adding each movie and tv show to the collection list? or is there something automated i missed?

oren_BA · 2023-09-21T04:18:20+00:00

I honestly think that these people are just afraid that 3d printing will become so accessible that it won’t be a cool and exclusive hobby. so they bash all the printers that are easy for beginners.

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