Patent ID: 8115815

Claim:
An image capture apparatus that records an image and time information indicating when the image was picked up, the image capture apparatus comprising: a positioning information generation unit that obtains location information and Coordinated Universal Time, and generates positioning information based on the location information and Coordinated Universal Time; a time difference determination unit that determines a time difference between a time corresponding to the location information and the Coordinated Universal Time using the positioning information; a local time calculation unit that calculates a local time of a location indicated by the positioning information using the Coordinated Universal Time and the time difference; and a time correction unit that performs correction of a system time of the image capture apparatus in response to a time difference between the system time and the local time exceeding a predetermined time period, and causes, when a recording operation is being performed, the correction of the system time to be automatically delayed until after the completion of the recording operation of the image by the image capture apparatus.