To accomplish that you could use the
rename batch tool.
But the date type metadata fields can't be used directly, to compose the renaming schema. You will need to create first a
custom grid layout, and add to it a dynamic calculated column with a formula such as:
FormatDate('mm-dd-yyyy hhnnss',Date(CD))This will add a column to te grid where the PDF creation date is shown with the format defined in that formula.
To use that column data, in the batch tool renaming schema, just refer to it with [D1]
For the [CreationDate][OldFilename] schema you want, use:
[D1][F]Another possibility is to
export the Filename and Creation Date columns to an external file, and then use a script to parse that file, and rename the files accordingly, or even use that data to set the files system creation/modification date to the same values of the metadata ones.
But, if you only need this to sort tasks, and because you are using Window 7, you can use the
PDF-ShellTools property handler to show that PDF Creation Date metadata field as a column in Windows Explorer, and then sort by that column.
Then you can also create a little script to rename the files, and use the data of that column to compose the new name.
The script example
at this post is for a different task, but can be adapted easily.
