This PowerShell script recursively sorts image and video files in a specified folder by their creation date or media date, placing them into new directories named after the year and month of their creation or media date.

Sort-Files.ps

param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
    [string]$FolderPath
)

function Sort-Files {
    Get-ChildItem -Path $FolderPath -File -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
        #Write-Host "File: $_"
        $creationDate = $_.CreationTime -replace("[^0-9/\:\sapm]")
        $fileName = $_.Name
        $extension = $_.Extension
        #Write-Host $extension
        $attrName = 'unkown'
        If ('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.tif', '.tiff' -Contains $extension) {
            $attrName = "Date taken"
        }
        If ('.mp4', '.avi', '.mpeg', '.3gp', '.mov', '.wmv' -Contains $extension) {
            $attrName = "Media created"
        }

        
        $path = $_.FullName
        $shell = New-Object -COMObject Shell.Application;
        $folder = Split-Path $path;
        $file = Split-Path $path -Leaf;
        $shellfolder = $shell.Namespace($folder);
        $shellfile = $shellfolder.ParseName($file);

        $a = 0..500 | % { Process { $x = '{0} = {1}' -f $_, $shellfolder.GetDetailsOf($null, $_); If ( $x.split("=")[1].Trim() ) { $x } } };
        #Write-Host $a
        [int]$num = $a | % { Process { If ($_ -like "*$attrName*") { $_.Split("=")[0].trim() } } };
        $mCreated = $shellfolder.GetDetailsOf($shellfile, $num);
        $mDate = $mCreated -replace("[^0-9/\:\sapm]") #remove hidden characters
        #Write-Host $mDate;
        try {
            $mediaDate = [DateTime]::ParseExact($mDate, "dd/MM/yyyy h:mm tt", $null)
            $yearFolder = Join-Path $FolderPath -ChildPath $mediaDate.Year.ToString()
            $monthFolder = Join-Path $yearFolder -ChildPath $mediaDate.Month.ToString()
            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $monthFolder -Force | Out-Null
            $newFilePath = Join-Path $monthFolder -ChildPath $fileName
            Copy-Item -Path $path -Destination $newFilePath -Force
            Write-Host "Copy $fileName to $($mediaDate.Year) \ $($mediaDate.Month)"
        }
        catch {
            Write-Host "No media date"
            #Write-Host $creationDate
            $mediaDate = [DateTime]::ParseExact($creationDate, "dd/MM/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", $null)
            $yearFolder = Join-Path $FolderPath -ChildPath $mediaDate.Year.ToString()
            $monthFolder = Join-Path $yearFolder -ChildPath $mediaDate.Month.ToString()
            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $monthFolder -Force | Out-Null
            $newFilePath = Join-Path $monthFolder -ChildPath $fileName
            Copy-Item -Path $path -Destination $newFilePath -Force
            Write-Host "Copy $fileName to $($mediaDate.Year) \ $($mediaDate.Month)"
        }
    }
}

Sort-Files