Add Timestamp to Photo

The orange date in the corner of a photo is a beloved detail of 1990s film cameras, and a practical one too: a visible date makes inspection photos, construction progress shots, delivery proofs and travel albums easier to understand later. This tool stamps each photo with the date it was taken, in a retro or modern style, for one picture or a whole batch.

Where the date comes from

Phones and cameras record the moment of capture inside the photo’s EXIF data. The tool reads that date for each photo, so a batch from a week-long trip gets the correct day on every picture. Screenshots, edited exports and images that passed through messaging apps often lack it; then the file’s modification date is used, and the page tells you how many photos got their date that way so you can check them.

Four styles

“Film camera” recreates the glowing orange segment digits of point-and-shoot cameras, the most popular look for nostalgic photos. “Modern” uses clean, readable type for documentation. “Minimal” is small and subtle. “Label” puts the date on a solid background box, which stays legible on busy or bright photos.

Date formats and time

Pick the format that matches your audience: the film camera’s ’98 10 23 look, day-month-year with dots, the US month/day/year, ISO year-month-day for sortable records, or written month names. Switch on “Include the time” for inspection and delivery photos where the hour matters. The film style draws digits only, so pair it with a numeric format.

Position, size and color

Choose any of the four corners. Size is a percentage of the photo’s dimensions, so the stamp looks proportionate on both small and large images; around 3 to 4 percent is typical. Any color works, though classic orange and white are easiest to read. Put the stamp where it does not cover important content.

Captions and fixed dates

“Text before the date” adds a caption such as a site name, project number or location. “Use one date for all photos” overrides the camera dates, handy for scanned prints or for photos whose clocks were set wrong.

Batch stamping

Add a whole set of photos at once. Each one gets its own date from its own data, and all of them download together as a .zip. The stamp is burned into the pixels, so it shows up in every app and print.

Readability on any photo

Bright skies and white walls swallow light text. If the date is hard to read, move it to a darker corner, pick a contrasting color, or switch to the label style with its solid box.

The original data stays honest

The tool does not alter capture dates; it only draws them. If a camera clock was wrong, fix the stamp with the fixed date option rather than trusting it. For records with legal weight, keep the unstamped originals as well.

Privacy

Photos are processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, and stamped copies are new files that do not carry over location data.

Getting the camera clock right

A stamp is only as accurate as the clock that wrote it. Cameras lose their time after a battery change and do not adjust for time zones when you travel. Phones set themselves automatically, so their dates are usually reliable. If a camera was an hour or a day off, use the fixed date option for that set, or correct the camera clock before the next shoot.

Related tools

To check what data a photo contains before stamping, open the EXIF Data Remover. For text of any kind on a photo, use Add Text to Image; for logos and copyright marks, Watermark Image.