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AE render files have wrong timestamp

When I render out of After Effects (.mov file in attached screenshot), it shows a timestamp of one day in the future. When I render out of Media Encoder (the mp4 file in the attached screenshot), it shows the correct timestamp. I can reproduce this error everytime.

My computer's date and time settings are correct, in the right timezone, and synced to update automatically.

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  • Michael Carter commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    My issue has been resolved. I don't know if this was patched or not but my 2019 and 2020 now have the correct timestamp. Thanks mysterious coder person!

  • Tazok Skywalker commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Same thing for me from france, 10 days in the future, really really annoying for find the last render
    -__-'
    Please do something, we really don't need a new bug !

  • Derek Salvatore commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Same here, nine days into the future when exported out of Render Queue, correct date if done through AME. Win10, fully updated Ae. On the default Windows Explorer view under "Date" it shows 11/10/2020 for these files, but if I change the folder settings to display specifically Date Created or Date Modified it shows today's date, 11/01/2020. MediaInfo shows today as the Tagged Date but 11/10/2020 as the Encoded Date. Looked at some stuff I rendered several days ago and realized they all have the same issue, 9 days off. I normally render out of AME anyway but have been having issues with ProRes 4444 + alpha exports unless I do them through Render Queue so I'm dependent on ye olde RQ right now.

  • Steve Perkins commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Just adding my voice to the chorus of the displeased. I mean, this is the most basic of basic things to screw up. Just did a batch export of 30+ small video files of different codecs, the date and time are all over the place. Windows 10 AE 175. PPro 14.5

  • Nick Perry commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Same issue - .mov from AE render queue are dated 7 days in the future while same files exported as a .mp4 from ME have the correct date... WIndows 10 AE 17.1.4

  • MediaNerd commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    @Antoine Autokroma I'll try and export something with After Codecs and share my findings

  • John Read commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Same deal, noticed various times since during Spring 2020, still happening in October.

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