---
title: kCGImageDestinationDateTime
framework: imageio
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: imageio/kcgimagedestinationdatetime
---

# kCGImageDestinationDateTime

The date and time information to associate with the image.

## Declaration

```swift
let kCGImageDestinationDateTime: CFString
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property puts the specified date and time information into the DateTime parameters of the image’s metadata. Specify the value of this key using a CFString or CFData. For strings, the value must be in EXIF DateTime or ISO 8601 DateTime format. This option is mutually exclusive with kCGImageDestinationMetadata.

## See Also

### Configuring the Image Behaviors

- [kCGImageDestinationLossyCompressionQuality](imageio/kcgimagedestinationlossycompressionquality.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationBackgroundColor](imageio/kcgimagedestinationbackgroundcolor.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationEmbedThumbnail](imageio/kcgimagedestinationembedthumbnail.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationImageMaxPixelSize](imageio/kcgimagedestinationimagemaxpixelsize.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationMetadata](imageio/kcgimagedestinationmetadata.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationMergeMetadata](imageio/kcgimagedestinationmergemetadata.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationOptimizeColorForSharing](imageio/kcgimagedestinationoptimizecolorforsharing.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationOrientation](imageio/kcgimagedestinationorientation.md)
- [kCGImageDestinationPreserveGainMap](imageio/kcgimagedestinationpreservegainmap.md)
- [kCGImageMetadataShouldExcludeGPS](imageio/kcgimagemetadatashouldexcludegps.md)
- [kCGImageMetadataShouldExcludeXMP](imageio/kcgimagemetadatashouldexcludexmp.md)