Setting the Date/Time and Location with photos
Setting the Date/Time and Location with photos in Day One
It’s possible to use metadata from photos to set the date and location for your entries. This is particularly handy when you want to just snap photos on vacation, then write about the moment later.
Generally, when you add a photo with location metadata there will be a prompt to use this information for your entry when you add it. There is also a manual option to set the entry date/time/location to match what is in the photo.
iOS
Setting Date/Time
To change an entry’s date and time to match the date and time a photo was taken, follow these steps:
- Create an entry.
- Add a photo. Generally there should be a prompt to add date/time/location based on the photo.
- Tap the date at the top of the entry to open Date Picker. Choose one of the options to set the date based on the photo metadata.
Setting Location
To change an entry’s date and time to match the date and time a photo was taken, follow these steps:
- Create an entry.
- Add a photo.
- Tap the date at the top of the entry to open the Metadata
- Scroll down to the photos.
- Tap the desired photo
- Choose the option to apply photo info to the entry.
macOS
Drag in a photo or add a photo using the paper clip icon to an entry and use the prompt to adjust the entry information.
Right-click (or Control+click) a photo in an entry and use the contextual menu to apply date/time/location information to the entry.
Web app and Windows app
Setting Date/Time
- Create an entry.
- Add a photo.
- Hover over the photo within the entry and click the ellipsis (⋯) icon in the top right corner of the photo.
- Select “Update Entry to use Image Date”. This will change the entry’s date and time to match when the photo was taken.
Setting Location
It is not currently possible to use metadata from photos to set the location of an entry in the Day One Web app or Windows app.
For more information on Location History, please take a look at the following documentation:
