From 80ff1ef0aaac87e13b95a84fa6bf674661a8197f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deekayhd <53017684+deekayhd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:33:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add warning message

---
 lib/dtutils/string.lua | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/dtutils/string.lua b/lib/dtutils/string.lua
index 59dbb77..38a17f4 100644
--- a/lib/dtutils/string.lua
+++ b/lib/dtutils/string.lua
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ function dtutils_string.build_substitute_list(image, sequence, variable_string,
         string.match(datetime_taken, "(%d+):(%d+):(%d+) (%d+):(%d+):(%d+)$")
     end    
   else
+    log.msg(log.warn, "no capture datetime found in EXIF data")
     emon_long, emon_short, eyear, emon, eday, ehour, emin, esec, emsec = ""
   end