Upgraded from 0.68.5 to 0.69.2 and 98% of pics were updated with indication ["exif_info", "added", ]]

[oPromessa]

Quick question, would an upgrade 0.68.5 to 0.69.2 prompt a re-export (--update) of almost all the pics?

I've added a few pics. I did not change the export .toml settings.

[notice] --- Start Sun 22 Dec 2024 03:44:04 WET
	 2024-12-22 03:44:24.201896 -- osxphotos version: 0.68.5
	 2024-12-22 03:55:11.114009 -- Exporting 107447 photos to XXX...
	 2024-12-22 09:21:07.606468 -- Processed: 107447 photos, exported: 0, updated: 285, skipped: 107713, updated EXIF data: 285, missing: 32, error: 0, touched date: 285
	 2024-12-22 09:21:07.607084 -- Elapsed time: 5:25:56
	 2024-12-22 09:52:16.847698 -- Deleted: 0 files, 0 directories
	 [notice] Result: 0
[notice] --- End Sun 22 Dec 2024 09:55:55 WET
[notice] --- Start Tue 24 Dec 2024 17:13:34 WET
	 2024-12-24 17:13:40.760538 -- osxphotos version: 0.69.2
	 2024-12-24 17:29:12.868416 -- Exporting 107538 photos to XXX...
	 2024-12-26 04:37:58.686476 -- Processed: 107538 photos, exported: 91, updated: 104798, skipped: 3200, updated EXIF data: 104889, missing: 32, error: 0, touched date: 104889
	 2024-12-26 04:37:58.687092 -- Elapsed time: 1 day, 11:08:45
	 2024-12-26 05:19:51.319970 -- Deleted: 0 files, 0 directories
	 [notice] Result: 0
[notice] --- End Thu 26 Dec 2024 05:23:31 WET NR= 755135 p.end= 0

Checking the history I get many entries ["exif_info", "added", ].

• Would this be some additional osxphtos-specific information being recorded? From reading the Release Notes it does not seem likely!
• Mac Photos is not updated in a while but it sometimes "refreshes" the labels in many pics, but never to this extent!
• Will run again tonight and check.

Export date: 2024-12-24T17:29:12.868192
------ XXX/IMG_0385.JPG (F6A64759-E70C-43E8-A6B3-12DC60FAE810)
--
2024-12-24 17:29:16.047, update: EXIFTOOL_DIFFERENT, [["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ]]
------ XXX/IMG_0494.JPG (215E827C-D7AC-416F-866C-2E55EFD8CA9A)
--
2024-12-24 17:29:18.259, update: EXIFTOOL_DIFFERENT, [["date_added", "changed", ["2020-09-19T13:04:43.044619+02:00", "2020-09-19T12:04:43.044619+01:00"]], ["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ]]
------ XXX/IMG_6009.JPG (99CA9D9F-1295-41AA-83BB-514FF5198455)
--
2024-12-24 17:29:21.454, update: EXIFTOOL_DIFFERENT, [["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ]]
------ XXX/IMG_8484.JPG (2878C89D-6911-43EE-B3DF-4694158764D3)
--
2024-12-24 17:29:22.816, update: EXIFTOOL_DIFFERENT, [["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ]]
------ XXX/IMG_9865.JPG (F0647D4C-A82C-4861-B0E5-2EE61EE98874)
--
2024-12-24 17:29:24.650, update: EXIFTOOL_DIFFERENT, [["date_added", "changed", ["2016-07-24T15:51:18.058451-04:00", "2016-07-24T20:51:18.058451+01:00"]], ["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ], ["exif_info", "added", ]]

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Version info. Running still on Monterey.

osxphotos, version 0.69.2
Python 3.12.7 (main, Oct 11 2024, 17:54:25) [Clang 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.202)]
Python executable: XXX/venv/bin/python
macOS 12.7.6, x86_64

[RhetTbull]

0.68.6 had some significant changes to the date handling to fix some inconsistencies in how timezones were handled. As a result, date created and date modified for photos may have changed and that would cause the EXIF info to change. Thus if you're using --sidecar or --exifinfo you'll see updates.