Change the time that a picture was taken

Question

I have a bunch of pictures and I need to change the time on some of them. I'm using Windows 8.1.

The Details pane shown and I've selected one of the pictures in question, however when I click on the Date taken field, it only allows me to change the date, not the time. I've included a couple images below to show this

Is it possible to change the date of a picture in Windows 8.1? Thanks.

On the left is how the Date taken field is displayed to the user, and on the right is the only edit option you get when you click on the field.

Solution

Although not the easiest solution this is possible with Windows Photo Gallery.

This document outlines the process.

Or this picture.

Comments

[David Gard]

Thanks, but this is for Windows Vista, not Windows 8/8.1, which does not have the Windows Photo Gallery program.

[Cistoran]

It should be on Windows 8 as well. I know Windows 7 has it, except it's just called Photo Gallery. Here is a download link.

[jdepypere]

Quite annoying that in the default way you can only change the date itself an not the time. Very helpful answer, especially including the download link.

[LondonRob]

This is no longer available. "Windows Essentials 2012 suite reached end of support on January 10, 2017"