There are also digital cameras that "print" the date onto the pictures, I saw someone had this feature turned on and I thought explaining EXIF to them might be too difficult.
I know all about EXIF, but whenever I'm taking pictures that may end up being used in legal disputes[1], I deliberately turn on this feature. THis is for multiple reasons: EXIF data can be easily faked, everyone knows how watermarked timestamps work, and the baked-in timestamp will persevere across all subsequent media conversions (jpeg-to-bmp, emails, uploads, print-to-paper,picture-of-a-picture, PDFs)
1. e.g. pictures after a traffic accident, received goods in poor condition, or state of property at start of a lease.
1. e.g. pictures after a traffic accident, received goods in poor condition, or state of property at start of a lease.