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Canon Pwershot A720 Date and Time Function

How do I activate the date and time function?

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  • Zaccar6 May 29, 2008

    I have set the date/time stamp several times. It will work for several days and then is gone. I changed the battery for the date/time function and it still will not stay set to the correct date and time-HELP

  • Anonymous Jun 05, 2008

    My problem is the opposite. How do I get rid of date and time on my photos? I want to view them on TV, but without the information. There is nothing in the information pack.There must be a way but I cant find it.



    Also will this show up on photo prints? I hope not I have about 800 shots!

  • Anonymous Jun 06, 2008

    The date will not stay set. Some times it will set for a few on off cycles, but then you turn it on and its back to zero looking to be set.

  • shirazfan Jul 04, 2008

    Each time I turn on the power to the camera it asks for time & date info to be entered. I enter it & it retains it until the camera is powered off, but next time the camera is turned on, the info needs to be re-entered.

  • broadis Jul 27, 2008

    We have the canon A720 and every time we turn it on we have to set date & time I put in new battery CR1220 and after shutting down the camera it does not hold the time & date. My son has the same camera so I tryed his battery in my camera and now they won't hold the date & time

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If you are trying to get the date/time displayed in your images, you need to set the recording size (L, M1, M2, M3, S, Postcard) to Postcard. You also need to turn the Date Stamp on in the Recording Menu (Use the Menu button, select the recording tab -- silhouette of a camera, and scroll down to Date Stamp).

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There is a button cell battery "CR1220" which needs to be changed. Check the solution on www.cannon.com for instructions

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Then: to put the date and time on your pictures,
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4. Scroll right to turn on the Date and Time Stamp, then up or down to until it says On.
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To set the date and time stamp, press the [Menu] button and then use the [arrow down] button to go to the [Date stamp] option in the menu. You can set this to "Date" or "Date & Time". Press the [Menu] button again to exit the menu.
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To put the date stamp in a picture do this:
1) Make sure you have the correct date and time set in the camera. To do this:
Push the function/set button. Press the directional button down to select Date and Time.
Push the directional button to the right then down or up to set the date and time. Then press the function/set button to save it.
Then:
2) Push the selector button up to the camera icon, and press function/set. Scroll down to Date Stamp.
Scroll right to turn on the Date and Time Stamp, then up or down to until it says On.
Press function/set when your done.

That is your solution. Remember once the date/time stamp is embedded in a picture, you can't take it out.
Let me know if you have any further questions, and thanks for coming to FixYa. Please feel free to rate my solution a fixya.

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Powershot A720 Date Function
Do you want date/time stamp?

If so, you will have to be in postcard resolution.
To achieve this you will put your camera in shooting mode, hit function/set button, arrow down to bottom left corner where you will see L, M, S and postcard modes. Select the one that looks like a postcard.

Hit function/set to get out of there. Now hit menu and go to setup menu (tools) and arrow down to date stamp and make sure it's on date and time.

images shot in this resolution will look good as 4x6 prints, but should not be printed any larger or they will look pixelated, not good quality for larger prints.

Either that or you can add date and time in the Zoombrowser program that came with your camera should you need larger prints with date/time stamp.

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