Fix timestamp extraction

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index f018b94..d061efb 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import jinja2
 import PIL.Image
+import subprocess
 import PIL.ImageOps
 import argparse
 import yaml
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ class ImageLocation:
             print(f"Removing file {fname}")
             os.remove(fname)
 
+
 class Image:
     def __init__(self, filename):
         self.name = os.path.basename(filename)
@@ -127,14 +129,15 @@ class Image:
         self.load_metadata()
 
     def load_metadata(self):
+        result = subprocess.run(["exiftool", "-s", "-s", "-s", "-DateTimeOriginal", self.filename], stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
+        taken_str = result.stdout.decode("utf-8").strip()
+
         try:
-            with PIL.Image.open(self.filename) as im:
-                taken_str = im.getexif()[36867]
-        except KeyError:
+            self.taken = datetime.strptime(taken_str, "%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S")
+        except ValueError:
             print(f"Could not load date from image {self.filename}")
             return
 
-        self.taken = datetime.strptime(taken_str, "%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S")
 
 
 def value_or_default(val, default=None):