How to put a date in a photo in Xiaomi Redmi: full instructions

Xiaomi and Redmi smartphone owners often face the challenge of capturing not only the moment itself, but also the exact time it occurred, especially for documenting, recording workflows, or simply creating a calendar-based memory archive. MIUI’s regular camera offers built-in time-tag functionality, but its location on the menu may not be obvious to beginners.

The stamping occurs immediately at the time of shooting, which makes information an integral part of the image. EXIF-The first option is always available in the photo properties, the second one requires pre-activation in the camera interface settings.

In this article, we will discuss in detail how to activate the display of time and date in photos, what are the nuances of working with different versions of the HyperOS and MIUI shell, and what to do if you can not install the stamp with standard means. You will learn how to manage formatting and understand where to look for this feature in the confusing menu of a modern smartphone.

Where to find the stamp settings in a standard camera

The search for the option starts with the launch of the Camera app. The interface may vary depending on the firmware version, but the logic of Xiaomi developers remains unchanged: all additional options are hidden in the settings menu. To get there, you need to swipe from top to bottom on the viewfinder screen or click on three horizontal bars in the upper right corner.

When you open the settings menu, you'll see a long list of options divided into logical blocks, and you're interested in a section that's usually called "Additional Settings," or just at the top of the list, and that's where the switch that overlays text information onto the frame is hidden.

• 📸 Open the Camera app on the home screen.
• ⚙️ Click on the menu icon (three bars) or swipe down.
• 🔍 Select the "Settings" item in the list that opens.
• 📅 Find the option “Time Mark” or “Time in the photo».

It is worth noting that in some regions or on global versions of firmware, the name of the item may differ. For example, instead of “Time Mark” you can say “Date stamp” or “Watermark”. If you do not see the right switch at once, carefully review the entire list, as it can be quite voluminous due to the abundance of features of a modern camera.

⚠️ Warning: Turning on the date stamp often automatically activates the display of the phone model in the photo.If you only need a date, you will have to use third-party solutions or put up with the brand watermark.

Activation of time and date display

Once you have found the "Time Mark" option, you need to activate it, just click the switch to the right of the function name, change the color of the indicator to blue or green, which signals the successful inclusion of the option, from now on, all new images will be created with a stamp.

It's important to understand that the change is instantaneous, but it only applies to future photos. The images you've taken in the gallery won't change, because the stamp is not a separate layer, but it's embedded in the image matrix when you save. To check the result, take a test shot of any object.

The format of the display of date and time usually corresponds to the regional settings of your smartphone. If the system has the format DD.MM.GYG, then the stamp will look appropriate in the photo. Change the format of the display directly in the camera is often impossible, you need to change the settings of the date and time throughout the Android system.

Setting up watermarks and device models

Beyond the dry date, users often want to add a model of a device or a Redmi logo to their photo, which is in the same camera settings menu called "Watermark" or "Device Model," and unlike a simple time stamp, there's often a choice of style.

Newer versions of HyperOS and MIUI 14 have the ability to customize the watermark, so you can choose fonts, text layouts, and even add your own labels, but the classic date stamp is usually fixed and is located in the lower right or left corner of the frame.

Using watermarks can be useful for branding if you blog or promote your services through photos, but for documentary photography, it is better to leave only a date so as not to clutter up the useful frame space with unnecessary information.

Problems with displaying stamp in different modes

Users often wonder why the date stamp doesn't appear in certain shooting modes, because the overlay function has technical limitations, and it doesn't work in modes that require maximum frame rate or specific resolution.

For example, when shooting in Manual mode, the date stamp may not be displayed, as this mode is designed for experienced users who control all parameters themselves, and the time stamp is often turned off in panorama, long shutter speed or when shooting high-resolution video in 4K 60fps.

If you switch to Video mode, the date stamp may also stop working if the video settings don't have a separate option for this, and in most cases, the time stamp on the video is imposed by the default system if it's enabled in the basic settings, but it may not look like the photo stamp.

Use of third-party stamping applications

If standard MIUI features don’t suit you, such as changing the font, color or format of a date, third-party apps from the Google Play Store will come to the rescue. There are many substitute cameras that offer advanced functionality for overlaying text.

One popular solution is the Timestamp Camera app, or analogues, which allows you to not only set a date, but also add geolocation, address, weather conditions and even user comments directly to the photo, which is ideal for couriers, builders and journalists.

• 📲 Download the camera app with a stamp from the Play Market.
• 🔐 Allow camera and geo-position access in Android settings.
• 🎨 Set up date format, font and text transparency.
• 📸 Take pictures through the interface of the new application.

The main advantage of third-party solutions is the flexibility of customization, you can choose where the text will be located, what size and color it will be, and these applications often know how to automatically add a stamp to existing photos in the gallery, which is not how a regular camera can.

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Use third-party apps if you need to add not only the date, but also the exact address or GPS coordinates, since the Xiaomi camera does not provide such a function in the form of text in the photo.

Frequent questions and problem-solving

Despite the ease of setting, users may encounter a variety of difficulties: sometimes the Timemark switch is simply not on the menu, or the stamp does not appear on the photo even after turning it on, most of the time due to specific features of a particular firmware version or regional restrictions.

If you upgraded your smartphone to a new version of Android or MIUI, the settings may have gone wrong. It is recommended to check the Camera section in the general settings of the system, not only in the application itself. It is also worth clearing the cache of the camera application through the Apps menu in the phone settings.

⚠️ Note: When you reset the camera settings to factory, all of your user settings, including the date stamp included, will be deleted.

In rare cases, the problem may lie in the damage to the system files of the application. If nothing helps, you can try to remove the updates to the Camera app (if this option is available in your version of Android) or perform a full reset of the smartphone settings, saving important data beforehand.

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The absence of a stamp in the menu most often means that your firmware version does not support this feature in a given region, and the solution lies in installing a third-party camera app.

EXIF Data Analysis as an Alternative

It's worth mentioning that the date and time of the shooting are stored automatically in each file, regardless of the stamp settings, and that information is stored in the EXIF metadata. If your goal is to just know when the photo was taken, rather than necessarily see the text in the image, then you don't need to adjust it.

You can view this data in any gallery, and just open the photo, click on the "i" icon or "More information," and you'll see the exact date, time, camera model, shutter speed and aperture, and it's a more professional approach that doesn't mess up the visuals.

Path to data: Gallery → Open photo → Menu (three dots) → More

There are special EXIF editor applications to edit or delete this data. They allow you to change the date after the fact, which is impossible to do with a stamp on the pixels of an image. Therefore, it is often more convenient to use metadata rather than a visual stamp to archive documents.