Photo Date Stamp — Add the Date to Photos

Browser tool that reads photo dates and stamps them onto a corner of each image

Runs in your browser · nothing is uploaded

Drop the photos to date-stamp here

Up to 50 JPG, PNG or WebP files at once, 50 MB each. Nothing leaves your browser. You can also paste a copied image with Ctrl+V (⌘V on a Mac).

Date source

Without photo info the file modified time is used; the date below is only the last fallback.

Date and time

With "Use the date I type", every photo gets this date.

Format

Position

Text size: 4%

A percentage of the photo's shorter edge, so big and small photos get the same look.

Text colour

Add a shadow

JPG is saved at quality 92 and PNG stays PNG. The original metadata (location and so on) is not carried into the new file.

What it is

This tool adds the orange date you remember from film cameras to digital photos. It reads the capture date stored in each file and prints it automatically, so a whole folder can be stamped without typing a date per picture. Everything is processed in your browser.

How to use

Drag photos onto the dashed area or press Choose photos. Up to 50 at a time.
Pick the Date source. The default uses the photo info (EXIF) first; choose the typed option to stamp one date on every photo.
Adjust Format, Position (one of four corners), Text size, Text colour and Shadow. Results are rebuilt automatically when a setting changes.
Check the date source and the stamped text on each card, then download it or use Download all (ZIP).

Formats and rules

Format	Example
Dotted	2026.10.03
Date and time	2026-10-03 14:05
Film style	’26 10 03

Date priority: EXIF capture time, then file modified time, then the date you typed. If the date in the photo is not a real one (such as 0000:00:00) it is skipped.
Time zone: EXIF has no time zone, so the time is used exactly as written. The modified time follows the time zone of the device you are using.
Text size: 1 to 12 percent of the photo’s shorter edge, with margins proportional to the text size.
Film orange: the default colour is #ff8a1f with a soft shadow so it stays readable on bright backgrounds.
Output: JPEG and WebP inputs become JPEG at quality 92, PNG stays PNG, and names get a -stamped suffix.

Tips

It suits travel albums and training logs where the date matters. If you worry about location data staying in a file, run the same photos through the EXIF remover as a second check.

FAQ

Where does the date come from?

First the EXIF capture time (DateTimeOriginal) stored in the photo. If there is none, the file's last-modified time is used, and only if that is missing too the date you typed. Each card tells you which one was used, so check photos that fell back to the modified time.

Photos sent through a messenger show the wrong date.

Some messengers strip EXIF while sending. Without a capture time the tool falls back to the modified time, which is usually the day you received the file. Choose "Use the date I type" and enter the real date to stamp it on every photo.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. Reading the date and drawing the text both happen in your browser, and only the finished files are downloaded to your device.

Does stamping reduce quality?

The picture has to be saved again to carry the text. JPEG is written at quality 92, which is hard to tell from the original, PNG stays PNG with no loss, and WebP input is saved as JPEG. Your original is untouched, so you can compare.

Is location or camera data kept?

No. The new file is built by redrawing the picture, so GPS, camera and other metadata from the original are not included. The rotation tag is applied, so the photo is saved upright.

The date text is too big or too small.

The size is a percentage of the photo's shorter edge. The slider applies the same percentage to every photo, so large and small pictures look alike. The default is 4%.