Did you know digital photos have been around for over 100 years?
By Fleur
@Fleura (29218)
United Kingdom
April 2, 2024 5:58pm CST
Did you know digital photos have been around for over 100 years?
No, neither did I. But today when I tried to download some photos my computer asked me if I wanted to save those, or some others with the same details taken on 30th December 1899.
I was a bit flabbergasted really. I wasn’t even born then. In fact my parents weren’t even born.
I showed my resident IT expert but even he was stumped by that one.
Have you ever had this issue before?
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9 responses
@LadyDuck (459079)
• Switzerland
3 Apr
@Fleura Surely a glitch during the transfer. Did you check if the photos are fine and not corrupted?
EDITED
I made a search and I see that it happened to more than one people, Microsoft glitch!
https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Query/Dates-showing-as-year-1899/td-p/1743626
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16543)
• China
3 Apr
Incredibly,did people have the ability to converted information into binary digital form 100 years ago ? The advent of vacuum tube digital machine is less than 100 years.
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@LindaOHio (157058)
• United States
3 Apr
I've never had that issue before. Could the photos have been renamed?
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@kaylachan (58180)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Apr
I doubt digital photos are that old, but you can scan physical photos and code them. Or someone put the wrong date in. Technology is one of those things.
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@sabtraversa (13004)
• Italy
2 Apr
I've seen photos being given arbitrary dates but 1899? Pretty hilarious! 
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