Timeline Scan – AI fixes the dates on your scanned photos

# Timeline Scan: Automatically Date Your Scanned Family Photos Source: [https://timelinescan.com/](https://timelinescan.com/) For Your Scanned Family Photos Every photo you scan is stamped with the day you scanned it, not the day it was taken\. Timeline Scan finds each photo's real date and puts your collection back in order\. Your photo library without Timeline Scan Hard to find\. Hard to enjoy\. Just sitting there, out of time\. - Free to try - No credit card to start - Pictures untouched: we only fix the dates ## How It Works ✦ Four simple steps\. No technical skill needed\. 1### Upload your scans Drag your scanned photos onto the page: JPEG or TIFF\. A single shoebox or the whole attic\. 2### We date each photo Handwriting on the back, printed timestamps, and film\-era clues: every signal counts\. Close the tab; we'll email you when it's done\. 3### Sharpen the dates Happy with the results? You're done\. Or tag the people you know: names and birth years anchor a second, sharper dating pass\. Included, and entirely optional\. 4### Enjoy them in order Download your photos with the real dates written inside, or send them straight to your photo app, sorted into the right years\. Your original pictures are never altered: we only correct the date stored inside each file, the same date Google Photos, Apple Photos, and Immich use to sort your library\. That one fix is how we[automatically organize scanned photos](https://timelinescan.com/organize-scanned-photos/), in your folders and in your photo app alike\. Date estimation ## How We Find Each Photo's Real Date ✦ Wondering how we could know? Your photos already carry the clues: we read them all\. File context### Folder and file names A folder named`2011`anchors every photo inside it\. A filename like`Jul89\_001\.jpg`narrows just that one photo\. Visible dates### Front and back timestamps Printed date stamps, lab marks, and faint back\-of\-photo timestamps often narrow the estimate faster than visual clues alone\. Handwriting### Notes on the back Handwritten dates, names, places, and captions are read and used as direct evidence when they are present\. People### Faces and age clues Tag the people you know after your first results: birth years and apparent ages rule out years that do not fit the people in the photo\. Photo content### Context inside the image Clothing, hairstyles, cars, decor, print borders, color, and film character all help identify the likely era\. Sequence### Neighboring photos Photos scanned in alphabetical order often belong together, so nearby files can give useful context to each other\. Getting your photos back ## Download them, or send them straight to your library\. ✦ Every finished archive comes back to you\. Keep the files, send them to your library, or both\. They land in date order either way\. The Timeline Scan iPhone app finds the scans stuck on the wrong date in your Photos library and writes the corrected dates back, right on your phone\. Dates fixed in place, in Photos and inside each file\. Your full\-size originals never leave your phone\. [See how it works](https://timelinescan.com/export/apple-photos/) ### Google Photos Export only We add your dated photos straight to your Google Photos library, in date order\. Album optional\. An export, not an import: we can't see or change what's already in your library\. Google accepts no face names from any app, and handwriting notes appear under “Other” in the info panel\. [See what transfers](https://timelinescan.com/export/google-photos/) Import from your self\-hosted server, then we write the corrected dates straight back onto your photos\. Dates, notes, rotation, and tagged faces, updated in place\. Your original files are never touched\. [See what syncs](https://timelinescan.com/export/immich/) ### File Download Always included Save the dated originals to your computer\. Organize them as you uploaded them, oldest to newest, by year, or by person\. - Your Family Photos - 196231 photos - 197448 photos - 198726 photos Dates, notes, and names are written inside every file, so any photo app can read them\. No lock\-in\. [See the folder layouts](https://timelinescan.com/export/download/) You can use more than one\. Send an archive to your library and keep the download too\. Not sure which fits?[Compare what every option keeps](https://timelinescan.com/export/compare/), side by side\.