I have tried some solutions before i found this bug, An extract of metadata made with exiftool (libimage-exiftool-perl 9.46-1) shows an important difference on a document that displaying dates right, and one sample print-to-file, the tags for PDF related date info is totally missing:
-PDF:CreateDate= -PDF:ModifyDate= Example command: exiftool -args -G1 --filename --directory PDF_FILE_NAME.PDF Example output of Print-to-File: -ExifTool:ExifToolVersion=9.46 -System:FileSize=107 kB -System:FileModifyDate=2018:02:22 00:56:18+01:00 -System:FileAccessDate=2018:02:22 00:56:40+01:00 -System:FileInodeChangeDate=2018:02:22 01:30:18+01:00 -System:FilePermissions=rw-rw-r-- -File:FileType=PDF -File:MIMEType=application/pdf -PDF:PDFVersion=1.5 -PDF:Linearized=No -PDF:PageCount=1 -PDF:Creator=cairo 1.13.1 (http://cairographics.org) -PDF:Producer=cairo 1.13.1 (http://cairographics.org) Example output of PDF with working dates: -ExifTool:ExifToolVersion=9.46 -System:FileSize=3.2 MB -System:FileModifyDate=2015:11:02 14:37:59+01:00 -System:FileAccessDate=2018:02:22 01:49:42+01:00 -System:FileInodeChangeDate=2015:11:02 14:37:59+01:00 -System:FilePermissions=rw-r----- -File:FileType=PDF -File:MIMEType=application/pdf -PDF:PDFVersion=1.5 -PDF:Linearized=No -PDF:PageCount=89 -PDF:Language=en-US -PDF:TaggedPDF=Yes -PDF:Title=XenServer 6.x Best Practices -PDF:Author=Daily, Camille -PDF:Keywords=Minimum Restrictions, No Restrictions -PDF:Creator=Microsoft® Word 2013 -PDF:CreateDate=2013:10:30 08:44:27-05:00 -PDF:ModifyDate=2013:10:30 08:44:27-05:00 -PDF:Producer=Microsoft® Word 2013 evince 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.4 amd64 libcairo2 1.13.0~20140204-0ubuntu1.1 amd64 Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Kernel: Linux 3.13.0-142-generic #191-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819995 Title: "Print to file" PDF metadata broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cairo/+bug/819995/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
