Google Photos JSON Date Sorter

gistfile1.txt

# Can run from anywhere
# Photos coded to be present in D:\photos subfolders
# Will also work on mp4 video files if present
# Folders labeled with dates will be created at script execution based on first photo with new date field
# Photos will be copied to D:\photos\date-taken

$startscript = get-date
$shortdate = get-date -format MM-dd-yy
$systemrunning = hostname
$runpath = get-location
$logfile = $runpath.path+"\runlog_"+$shortdate+".txt"

Write-output "Starting script at $startscript" | Tee-object -filepath $logfile
Write-output "log file location: $logfile" | Tee-Object -filepath $logfile -append
Write-output "This script is executing on $systemrunning" | Tee-Object -filepath $logfile -append
Write-output "in directory $runpath"
add-content $logfile "`r"

$alljson = gci d:\photos -recurse -filter *.json

Function Extract-ImageDate {
    $filepath = $json.DirectoryName
    $attributes = gc $json.FullName | ConvertFrom-Json
    $filename = $attributes.title
    $UNIXDate=(Get-Date 01.01.1970)+([System.TimeSpan]::fromseconds($($attributes.photoTakenTime.timestamp)))
    $PhotoTakenDate = $UNIXDate.Year.tostring()+"-"+$UnixDate.Month.tostring("00")+"-"+$unixDate.Day.tostring("00")
    write-output "JSON Taken Date: $PhotoTakenDate" | tee-object $logfile -append
    write-output "Image file: $filename" | Tee-object $logfile -append
    If (-not (Test-Path "D:\photos\$phototakendate")) {
        # Folder doesn't exist yet, create
        write-output "Creating folder D:\photos\$phototakendate" | tee-object $logfile -append
        New-Item -path "D:\photos\$phototakendate" -ItemType Directory
        # Copy current file to newly created folder
        write-output "Copying $filename to $phototakendate" `r`n | Tee-object $logfile -append
        $originalimagefile = $filepath+"\"+$filename
        copy-item $originalimagefile "D:\photos\$phototakendate"
    }
    Else {
        write-output "Copying $filename to existing $phototakendate" `r`n | tee-object $logfile -append
        $originalimagefile = $filepath+"\"+$filename
        copy-item $originalimagefile "D:\photos\$phototakendate"
        }
    }

ForEach ( $json in $alljson ) {
    write-output "Processing $json" | tee-object $logfile -Append
    Extract-ImageDate
    }