I'm not an expert on file systems, but I assume that the FAT file system (or at least the Mac's support for FAT disks) does not support as much file information as the Mac's own file system supports for files that are created on a Mac. How to find IP address on Mac: computer, terminal Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max: price, specs, release date Force delete Mac file: in use, terminal How to receive files via Bluetooth on Mac How to reinstall MacOS without disc How to reset mail on Mac: Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave Repair keychain: Mac, Big Sur, Monterey, Mojave How to reset. Usually when using the Finder to browse a compact flash card (or any FAT formatted disk) or files copied from such a disk, I find that the file creation date appears in the Finder as '-' but I have also seen it appears as a nonsense date in 1903 or 2040. The Finder's 'created' date just shows what the Finder knows about the state of the file on disk, not the EXIF metadata.

Your photo editing program is looking at the EXIF metadata, and that is why it shows the 'proper' dates, in sync with your camera's clock. The date and time your pictures are taken is stored by your camera inside the files in a block of EXIF metadata. Don't confuse the date a file was created on disk with the time the picture itself was created. The dates and times files on disk are modified are something that the disk's file system keeps track of. The 1903 date is probably appearing because the file is on or was copied from a non-mac disk.

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