fix(server): override date via xmp (#5199)

* Fix

* open api

* Change to list and delete

* Bug fix

* Change name

* refactor: clean up code and add test

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Co-authored-by: Jason Rasmussen <jrasm91@gmail.com>

server/src/domain/metadata/metadata.service.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ import {
 import { StorageCore } from '../storage';
 import { FeatureFlag, SystemConfigCore } from '../system-config';
 
+/** look for a date from these tags (in order) */
+const EXIF_DATE_TAGS: Array<keyof Tags> = [
+  'SubSecDateTimeOriginal',
+  'DateTimeOriginal',
+  'SubSecCreateDate',
+  'CreationDate',
+  'CreateDate',
+  'SubSecMediaCreateDate',
+  'MediaCreateDate',
+  'DateTimeCreated',
+];
+
 interface DirectoryItem {
   Length?: number;
   Mime: string;
@@ -340,6 +352,15 @@ export class MetadataService {
     const stats = await this.storageRepository.stat(asset.originalPath);
     const mediaTags = await this.repository.getExifTags(asset.originalPath);
     const sidecarTags = asset.sidecarPath ? await this.repository.getExifTags(asset.sidecarPath) : null;
+
+    // ensure date from sidecar is used if present
+    const hasDateOverride = !!this.getDateTimeOriginal(sidecarTags);
+    if (mediaTags && hasDateOverride) {
+      for (const tag of EXIF_DATE_TAGS) {
+        delete mediaTags[tag];
+      }
+    }
+
     const tags = { ...mediaTags, ...sidecarTags };
 
     this.logger.verbose('Exif Tags', tags);
@@ -350,19 +371,7 @@ export class MetadataService {
         assetId: asset.id,
         bitsPerSample: this.getBitsPerSample(tags),
         colorspace: tags.ColorSpace ?? null,
-        dateTimeOriginal:
-          exifDate(
-            firstDateTime(tags as Tags, [
-              'SubSecDateTimeOriginal',
-              'DateTimeOriginal',
-              'SubSecCreateDate',
-              'CreationDate',
-              'CreateDate',
-              'SubSecMediaCreateDate',
-              'MediaCreateDate',
-              'DateTimeCreated',
-            ]),
-          ) ?? asset.fileCreatedAt,
+        dateTimeOriginal: this.getDateTimeOriginal(tags) ?? asset.fileCreatedAt,
         exifImageHeight: validate(tags.ImageHeight),
         exifImageWidth: validate(tags.ImageWidth),
         exposureTime: tags.ExposureTime ?? null,
@@ -387,6 +396,13 @@ export class MetadataService {
     };
   }
 
+  private getDateTimeOriginal(tags: ImmichTags | Tags | null) {
+    if (!tags) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return exifDate(firstDateTime(tags as Tags, EXIF_DATE_TAGS));
+  }
+
   private getBitsPerSample(tags: ImmichTags): number | null {
     const bitDepthTags = [
       tags.BitsPerSample,