Why would a photo's meta data show a date years earlier than when it was taken?

Asked Dec 16 '18 at 03:46

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Why would the metadata show a date of 1998 if it was taken in 2018?

Profile Name:          Photoshop ICC profile 
Profile Cmm Type:      Lino 
Profile Version:       2.1.0 
Profile Class: Display Device Profile 
Color Space Data       RGB 
Profile Connection     Space: XYZ 
Profile Date Time:     1998:02:09 06:49:00

edited Dec 16 '18 at 05:41

scottbb

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asked Dec 16 '18 at 03:46

Willis1234

See also: ICC version predates ICC datetime – scottbb Dec 16 '18 at 04:04
It says "Profile Date Time". So, what is a colour profile? Do you see other dates in the metadata? – osullic Dec 16 '18 at 10:17

Why would a photo's meta data show a date years earlier than when it was taken?

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