The renamer I needed for a reliable archive
Date Renamer Toolkit exists because years of mixed media sources made reliable ordering nearly impossible. I needed a Windows app that sorted photos and videos by the actual capture time, with no guessing and no silent assumptions.
For editing and NAS archiving, I need a repeatable flow: timestamp in, filename out, done. No UI stalls, no hidden decisions. Today, the toolkit delivers deterministic, fast, and transparent renaming with a professional desktop experience.
The core problem
To edit, archive, or retrieve media later, the results must be trustworthy.
Where other tools failed
Videos differ from JPEGs, exports remove metadata, and Takeout needs sidecars.
What this tool delivers
Finds the best timestamp, shows the source, resolves collisions, and previews every rename.