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  1. @redoPop redoPop revised this gist Jun 10, 2015. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    This script provides a custom date attribute reflecting the time the photo was actually taken. As written, it's intended to be added as an embedded script in a "Run JavaScript" rule action, so that it's custom attribute can be used in subsequent "Sort into subfolder" patterns.

    The date this script exposes is obtained via [`sips -g creation \[filename\]`](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/sips.1.html). It's not clear to me exactly which EXIF attribute the sips "creation" property comes from, but it seems reasonable to assume it's either `DateTimeOriginal` or `DateTimeDigitized`.
    The date this script exposes is obtained via [`sips -g creation [filename]`](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/sips.1.html). It's not clear to me exactly which EXIF attribute the sips "creation" property comes from, but it seems reasonable to assume it's either `DateTimeOriginal` or `DateTimeDigitized`.
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  3. @redoPop redoPop created this gist Jun 10, 2015.
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    At the time of writing, [Hazel's](http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php) default date attributes all refer to an image file's creation date rather than the date on which the photo was originally taken. The two dates may differ.

    This script provides a custom date attribute reflecting the time the photo was actually taken. As written, it's intended to be added as an embedded script in a "Run JavaScript" rule action, so that it's custom attribute can be used in subsequent "Sort into subfolder" patterns.

    The date this script exposes is obtained via [`sips -g creation \[filename\]`](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/sips.1.html). It's not clear to me exactly which EXIF attribute the sips "creation" property comes from, but it seems reasonable to assume it's either `DateTimeOriginal` or `DateTimeDigitized`.
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    var app = Application.currentApplication();
    app.includeStandardAdditions = true;

    var theDate = app.doShellScript(
    'sips -g creation ' +
    // Dragons below: Q&D shell escape:
    ('' + theFile).replace(/ /g, '\\ ')
    )
    // Parse SIPS output & extract date
    .match(/(\d{4}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}) (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})/)
    .slice(1)
    // Q&D numberification of stringy dates
    .map(function (i) { return +i });

    // Offset the month by 1 because JavaScript
    theDate[1] -= 1;

    return {
    hazelOutputAttributes: [
    // Apply array of values to Date constructor
    new (Function.prototype.bind.apply(
    Date, [null].concat(theDate)
    ))
    ]
    };