diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index ff5ac45d2e..f40e791027 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { type Electron } from "@/base/types/ipc";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "@/media/file-type";
 import { decodeLivePhoto } from "@/media/live-photo";
 import DownloadManager from "@/new/photos/services/download";
+import { setJPEGExifDateTimeOriginal } from "@/new/photos/services/exif-update";
 import {
     EncryptedEnteFile,
     EnteFile,
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import type { User } from "@ente/shared/user/types";
 import { downloadUsingAnchor } from "@ente/shared/utils";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { moveToHiddenCollection } from "services/collectionService";
-import { updateFileCreationDateInEXIF } from "@/new/photos/services/exif";
 import {
     deleteFromTrash,
     trashFiles,
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export const streamWithUpdatedExif = async (
         (extension == "jpeg" || extension == "jpg")
     ) {
         const fileBlob = await new Response(stream).blob();
-        const updatedFileBlob = await updateFileCreationDateInEXIF(
+        const updatedFileBlob = await setJPEGExifDateTimeOriginal(
             fileBlob,
             new Date(enteFile.pubMagicMetadata.data.editedTime / 1000),
         );
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/exif-update.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/exif-update.ts
index c08d404d5c..afc591510a 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/exif-update.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/exif-update.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 import log from "@/base/log";
 import piexif from "piexifjs";
 
-export const updateFileCreationDateInEXIF = async (
-    fileBlob: Blob,
+/**
+ * Return a new blob with the "DateTimeOriginal" Exif tag set to the given
+ * {@link date}.
+ *
+ * @param jpegBlob A {@link Blob} containing JPEG data.
+ *
+ * @param date A {@link Date} to use as the value for the Exif
+ * "DateTimeOriginal" tag.
+ *
+ * @returns A new blob derived from {@link jpegBlob} but with the updated date.
+ */
+export const setJPEGExifDateTimeOriginal = async (
+    jpegBlob: Blob,
     updatedDate: Date,
 ) => {
     try {
-        let imageDataURL = await blobToDataURL(fileBlob);
+        let imageDataURL = await blobToDataURL(jpegBlob);
         // Since we pass a Blob without an associated type, we get back a
         // generic data URL like "data:application/octet-stream;base64,...".
         // Modify it to have a `image/jpeg` MIME type.
@@ -26,7 +37,7 @@ export const updateFileCreationDateInEXIF = async (
         return dataURLToBlob(exifInsertedFile);
     } catch (e) {
         log.error("updateFileModifyDateInEXIF failed", e);
-        return fileBlob;
+        return jpegBlob;
     }
 };
 
@@ -55,8 +66,9 @@ const blobToDataURL = (blob: Blob) =>
 const dataURLToBlob = (dataURI: string) =>
     fetch(dataURI).then((res) => res.blob());
 
-function convertToExifDateFormat(date: Date) {
-    return `${date.getFullYear()}:${
-        date.getMonth() + 1
-    }:${date.getDate()} ${date.getHours()}:${date.getMinutes()}:${date.getSeconds()}`;
-}
+/**
+ * Convert the given {@link Date} to a format that is expected by Exif for the
+ * DateTimeOriginal tag.
+ */
+const convertToExifDateFormat = (date: Date) =>
+    `${date.getFullYear()}:${date.getMonth() + 1}:${date.getDate()} ${date.getHours()}:${date.getMinutes()}:${date.getSeconds()}`;
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts
index 7cbbb8eb38..b24ea54a75 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/types/file.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ export interface FileMagicMetadataProps {
 export type FileMagicMetadata = MagicMetadataCore<FileMagicMetadataProps>;
 
 export interface FilePublicMagicMetadataProps {
+    /**
+     * Modified value of the date time associated with an {@link EnteFile}.
+     *
+     * Epoch microseconds.
+     */
     editedTime?: number;
     editedName?: string;
     caption?: string;