# Photos tab groups a JST JPEG under the next month despite EXIF OffsetTimeOriginal=+09:00 — known issue?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** snap, photos-app\
**Created:** [May 13, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432 "2026-05-13T22:52:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/u_go/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/U_GO)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:52pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432/1 "2026-05-13T22:52:29Z")

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Hello Nextcloud community,

I’m using the Nextcloud snap version and noticed a possible date/timezone issue in the Photos tab.I found a related discussion about Photos not sorting HEIC or incomplete-metadata images by metadata date, but my case is slightly different: this is a JPEG file with DateTimeOriginal and OffsetTimeOriginal=+09:00 set, and the issue appears specifically near a month boundary.The file is correctly located in the Files tab under:Photos/2025/11/The EXIF metadata, verified with exiftool, is:

```auto
DateTimeOriginal : 2025:11:30
16:43:51CreateDate : 2025:11:30
16:43:51ModifyDate : 2025:11:30
16:43:51OffsetTimeOriginal : +09:00
OffsetTime : +09:00
Orientation : 1

```

After that, I ran:

```auto
sudo nextcloud.occ files:scan --path=“user_name/files/Photos/2025/11/25-11-30 16-43-51 IMG_6519.jpg” --generate-metadata

```

However, in the Photos tab, this image appears under December 2025, not November 2025. Around the month boundary, I observed:

- November 2025 group: up to around 2025-11-30 12:52
- December 2025 group: starts from 2025-11-30 16:43

My questions are:

- Is this a known issue or expected behavior in Nextcloud Photos?
- Does the Photos tab use EXIF OffsetTimeOriginal / OffsetTime for date grouping?
- Is there a recommended way to handle JST or other non-UTC timezones near month boundaries?

I would appreciate any pointers before opening a GitHub issue.Thank you.

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**Author:** ![scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/scubamuc/32/63165_2.png) [@scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/scubamuc)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432/2 "2026-05-14T06:20:25Z")

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Hey @U_GO, welcome to the Nextcloud community and thanks for supporting Nextcloud snap 🤝

Sorry to hear you are having issues with your Nextcloud snap installation. If you’ve come this far, you’re on the right track! There is a good chance someone in the community has had a similar issue and knows how to resolve it.

In order to help you we’ll need some Information to get an Idea of your setup, so complete the [required support template](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/support-template-please-use-this-when-you-request-support/137402) and post the output of the following command allowing us to look at your redacted configuration file:

```auto
sudo nextcloud.occ config:list

```

Nextcloud logs are very verbose, thus your logs will certainly help resolve your issue. access your logs by following [how to manage Nextcloud snap logs](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-nextcloud-snap-logs/216226) or you could [run the debugging script](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-nextcloud-snap-logs/216226#p-649886-issue-debugging-script-11) and post the result here or paste the result of the following command:

```auto
sudo tail -n 20 /var/snap/nextcloud/current/logs/nextcloud.log

```

Below are some links to how-to’s answering frequently asked questions and may help you help yourself;

- [How to install Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-install-nextcloud-snap/216058)
- [How to configure Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-configure-nextcloud-snap/216036)
- [How to edit config.php for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-edit-config-php-for-nextcloud-snap/218564)
- [How to use OCC management console for Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-use-occ-management-console-for-nextcloud-snap/216111)
- [How to revert Nextcloud snap after failed update](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-revert-nextcloud-snap-after-failed-update/216034)
- [How to manage failed automatic update in Nextcloud snap](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/how-to-manage-failed-automatic-update-in-nextcloud-snap/230652)
- [Nextcloud snap wiki and support](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-snap-wiki-and-support/197783)

> [@U\_GO](#):
>
> I would appreciate any pointers before opening a GitHub issue.Thank you.

This is almost certainly not a snap issue but rather an upstream app issue.

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**Author:** ![U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/u_go/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/U_GO)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432/3 "2026-05-14T09:12:52Z")

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Hi @scubamuc,

Thank you for the warm welcome and for the guidance.

I agree that this is probably not a snap-specific issue, but rather an upstream Photos app / metadata indexing issue. I posted here first because I am using the snap installation and wanted to check whether this behavior is already known before opening a GitHub issue.

I generated the `config:list` output. It is 427 lines long. The output was automatically redacted by Nextcloud, and I also replaced my real domain and local username with generic placeholders:

- real domain → `cloud.example.net`

- local username → `example_user`

One thing I noticed in `config:list` is that `core.files_metadata.photos-original_date_time` is an indexed integer field, while `photos-exif`and `photos-ifd0` are not indexed. So I wonder whether the issue may be in how the metadata generator converts EXIF `DateTimeOriginal` and `OffsetTimeOriginal` into `photos-original_date_time`.

Since this issue seems specific to Photos date grouping / metadata indexing, would you prefer that I paste the full redacted `config:list` output here, or only the relevant sections?

I can also provide the recent Nextcloud log output if needed.

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**Author:** ![scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/scubamuc/32/63165_2.png) [@scubamuc](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/scubamuc)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432/4 "2026-05-14T09:27:37Z")

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Hey @U_GO,

you’re welcome,

> [@U\_GO](#):
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> I agree that this is probably not a snap-specific issue, but rather an upstream Photos app / metadata indexing issue.

lets wait and see if some clued up folks can shed some light?

> [@U\_GO](#):
>
> Since this issue seems specific to Photos date grouping / metadata indexing, would you prefer that I paste the full redacted `config:list` output here, or only the relevant sections?
> 
> I can also provide the recent Nextcloud log output if needed.

yeah, hold your horses with all that output… that information is more useful when you create the upstream issue, since the devs seldom hang out here in the community forum. the devs at [GitHub - nextcloud/photos: 📸 Your memories under your control · GitHub](https://github.com/nextcloud/photos) will surely request relevant data, no need to post anything here.

Skimming through some of the existing issues/bugs, [https://github.com/nextcloud/photos/issues/3118](https://github.com/nextcloud/photos/issues/3118) sounds quite similar? maybe you could add your heads-up

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**Author:** ![U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/u_go/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/U_GO)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432/5 "2026-05-14T10:15:17Z")

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Hi @scubamuc,

Thank you, that makes sense.

I checked nextcloud/photos issue #3118, and it does look related. That issue is about the Photos app showing a wrong time while possibly ignoring or mishandling EXIF `OffsetTime`.

My case is slightly different: the visible time itself is not my main concern, but the month grouping in the Photos tab seems to shift near a month boundary even though the JPEG has `DateTimeOriginal` and `OffsetTimeOriginal=+09:00` set.

So I agree it is probably better to add my findings there, or open a new upstream issue if the maintainers prefer.

I will hold off on posting the full `config:list` output here.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

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**Author:** ![U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/u_go/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@U\_GO](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/U_GO)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432/6 "2026-05-14T11:08:45Z")

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Small update: before posting to `nextcloud/photos#3118`, I noticed a comment there saying the underlying issue may already be tracked as `nextcloud/viewer#2753`.

That issue seems closer to my case because it mentions EXIF local time being handled as UTC. My case affects Photos month grouping, not only the displayed taken time.

I’ll add my data point to `nextcloud/viewer#2753` instead, unless maintainers prefer a separate Photos issue.

Thanks again for the pointer.

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**Author:** ![system](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/system/32/29333_2.png) [@system](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 6:39am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/photos-tab-groups-a-jst-jpeg-under-the-next-month-despite-exif-offsettimeoriginal-09-00-known-issue/244432/7 "2026-06-10T06:39:47Z")

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