Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Project: NextGIS mobile apps for Compulink * Purpose: Mobile GIS for Android * Authors: Dmitry Baryshnikov (aka Bishop), polimax@mail.ru * NikitaFeodonit, nfeodonit@yandex.com * ***************************************************************************** * Copyright (C) 2014-2015 NextGIS * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import android.media.ExifInterface; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; public class Main { public static Date getExifDate(File imgFile) throws IOException { ExifInterface imgFileExif = new ExifInterface(imgFile.getCanonicalPath()); if (imgFileExif.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_DATETIME) != null) { String imgDateTime = imgFileExif.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_DATETIME); SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy:MM:dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US); try { return simpleDateFormat.parse(imgDateTime); } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } return null; } }