Image organiser/sorting script for windows

imagetofolder.bat

@REM This is a script for taking Files in src_folder and move them to dest_root_folder organised under the year and month the image or file was created.
@REM For the best preformence install exiftool by Phil Harvey othervise it would use the file's modification date.
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

rem Source folder containing images
set "src_folder=C:\Uploads\Camera"

rem Destination folder for organizing images
set "dest_root_folder=C:\Uploads\Camera\Sorted"

rem Create destination root folder if it doesn't exist
if not exist "%dest_root_folder%" mkdir "%dest_root_folder%"

rem Loop through each image file in the source folder
for %%I in ("%src_folder%\*.jpg" "%src_folder%\*.jpeg" "%src_folder%\*.png" "%src_folder%\*.gif" "%src_folder%\*.mp4" "%src_folder%\*.heic" "%src_folder%\*.heif" "%src_folder%\*.dng") do (
  if exist "%%~I" (
    rem Initialize variables for date
    set "creation_date="

    rem Try to extract DateTimeOriginal using ExifTool
    for /f %%A in ('exiftool -d "%%Y-%%m" -p "$DateTimeOriginal" "%%~I" 2^>nul') do (
      set "creation_date=%%A"
    )

    rem If DateTimeOriginal is not defined, try to extract 'Changed' date using ExifTool
    if not defined creation_date (
      for /f %%A in ('exiftool -d "%%Y-%%m" -p "$FileModifyDate" "%%~I" 2^>nul') do (
        set "creation_date=%%A"
      )
    )

    rem If neither DateTimeOriginal nor 'Changed' date is available, use the file's modification date
    if not defined creation_date (
      for /f %%A in ('powershell -command "(Get-Item '%%~I').CreationTime.ToString('yyyy-MM')"') do (
        set "creation_date=%%A"
      )
    )

    rem Check if a date was successfully retrieved
    if defined creation_date (
      rem Split the creation_date into year and month
      for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=-" %%Y in ("!creation_date!") do (
        set "year=%%Y"
        set "month=%%Z"

        rem Create the year folder inside the destination root folder if it doesn't exist
        set "dest_year_folder=!dest_root_folder!\!year!"
        if not exist "!dest_year_folder!" mkdir "!dest_year_folder!"

        rem Create the month folder inside the year folder if it doesn't exist
        set "dest_month_folder=!dest_year_folder!\!month!"
        if not exist "!dest_month_folder!" mkdir "!dest_month_folder!"

        rem Move the image to the month folder
        move "%%~I" "!dest_month_folder!\"
        echo Moved "%%~I" to "!dest_month_folder!\"
      )
    ) else (
      echo Failed to extract creation date from "%%~I"
    )
  )
)

echo Organizing complete.
pause