how do I tell what date a dv file is from captured with windv?

[Onceler2]

I thought it was year day month but it can't possibly be right as the year is off in these files
Thanks

[aedipuss]

month-day-year_hour-minute. but it's possible you changed it as you can make it any way you want.

[Onceler2]

I did not change it from the default but it is displaying a 30 where the year should be, so that must be the day but none of the others fit the year either

[aedipuss]

then i'd guess someone played with the time/date setting in the camera menu. the timestamp comes from the tape.

[Jim44]

Based on the WinDV web site, year-month-day_hour-minute-second looks to be the default.

And, to follow up on what aedipuss mentioned, if the timestamp info from the camera is incorrect, check and see if it needs a new "backup" battery. Usually a small, coin-shaped battery (like the CMOS battery in a PC) - BTDT on my Canon MiniDV.

[Onceler2]

I checked the cam and it is set right, the battery is good and there is no possibility that someone played around with it
Thankyou for helping

[2Bdecided]

Tape damage or head misalignment can sometimes cause a misread of the time/date data before it has any visible/audible effect on the content itself.

Cheers,
David.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Play your captured file through the Enosoft DV Processor - it will show you the date/time/timecode within the DV.