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title: "Automatic camera time validation"
canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/6114f660-89ac-11e7-84b6-76c92ec7a447
short_url: https://dpg.support/apsz
category: "Images > Uploading"
locale: en
updated_at: 2017-10-09T15:36:31Z
source: Digital Photo Gallery Support
---

# Automatic camera time validation

![](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/e4017de4-89bd-11e7-87f4-2e80af156eae/961_support.jpg?generated=20170825185103)

This feature allows you to require that the camera time of all users in your account is validated on upload. This can be useful for teams and events, to make sure that all cameras have been set to the correct time prior to starting uploads. 

![](https://cache.media.digitalphotogallery.com/hyqelgcvfopo/images/6a19b4ea-acfb-11e7-92e8-c60f3f8f2cfd/1004_support.jpg?generated=20171009150924)

When camera time validation is turned on, an upload from a camera which hasn't been validated will prompt the user by showing a warning on the upload screen.}

This option is enabled on the [settings](https://admin.digitalphotogallery.com/account/settings#image_validations) page. Click on the **Images** > **Validations** tabs. Toggle the **Validate camera time** switch to on and click **Update**.

The settings allow you to choose the terms of validation:

* **Accuracy** dropdown specifies the maximum time difference between the image creation time and the time uploaded. 
* **Revalidate every** dropdown allows you to choose the length of the validation period.