diff --git a/tools/fimgextract.c b/tools/fimgextract.c
index 3cde1c65..2a530063 100644
--- a/tools/fimgextract.c
+++ b/tools/fimgextract.c
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
 #include  <stdlib.h>
 #include  <unistd.h>
 #include  <stdint.h>
+#include  <string.h>
 
 #include  "../floatimg.h"
 
 int		verbosity;		// nasty global var.
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* nouveau - Mon Apr  8 11:52:18 UTC 2024 */
 int copy_metadata(FloatImg *src, FloatImg *dst)
 {
 FimgMetaData	*mdsrc, *mddst;
@@ -21,7 +23,10 @@ fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( %p %p )\n", __func__, src, dst);
 #endif
 
 mdsrc = &(src->mdatas);    mddst = &(dst->mdatas);
-fprintf(stderr, "metadata copy:  %p --> %p\n", mdsrc, mddst);
+if (verbosity) fprintf(stderr, "%s:  %p --> %p\n", __func__, mdsrc, mddst);
+
+mdsrc->reserved[1] = 0x55555555;
+memcpy(mddst, mdsrc, sizeof(FimgMetaData));
 
 return 0;
 }
@@ -62,11 +67,12 @@ if (foo) {
 #endif
 	return foo;
 	}
+
 /*	XXX
  *	may be we can also copy the metadate from src to dst ?
  *	with an option on the command line ?
  */
-copy_metadata(&src, &dst);
+foo = copy_metadata(&src, &dst);
 
 foo = fimg_dumpmd_to_file(&dst, dstname, NULL, 0);
 if (foo) {
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@ char		*output_file	= "out.fimg";
 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ho:vx")) != -1) {
 	switch(opt) {
 		case 'h':	help();				break;
+		case 'm':					break;
 		case 'o':	output_file = optarg;		break;
 		case 'v':	verbosity++;			break;
 		case 'x':	experiment++;			break;
diff --git a/tools/fimgmetadata.c b/tools/fimgmetadata.c
index 5e17dcf8..96452b61 100644
--- a/tools/fimgmetadata.c
+++ b/tools/fimgmetadata.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 int		verbosity;
 
 enum comId {	C_timestamp, C_daytime, C_count, C_fval, C_cpid, C_origin, 
-		C_idcam, C_reserved, C_all };
+		C_idcam, C_reserved, C_all, C_dayhour };
 
 typedef struct {
 	char		*name;
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ typedef struct {
 Cmd Cmd_list[] = {
 	{ "timestamp",		C_timestamp	},
 	{ "daytime",		C_daytime	},
+	{ "dayhour",		C_dayhour	},
 	{ "cpid",		C_cpid		},
 	{ "count",		C_count		},
 	{ "fval",		C_fval		},
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ int get_print_metadata(char *fname, char *command)
 {
 int		foo, action;
 FimgMetaData	metadata;
+time_t		tstamp;
 
 #if DEBUG_LEVEL
 fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' '%s' )\n", __func__, fname, command);
@@ -98,11 +100,15 @@ if (foo)	return foo;
 action = lookup_cmd(command);
 // fprintf(stderr, "    command '%s' -> %d\n", command, action);
 
+tstamp = metadata.timestamp.tv_sec;
+
 switch(action)	{
 	case C_timestamp:
-		printf("timestamp %ld\n", metadata.timestamp.tv_sec);  break;
+		printf("timestamp %ld\n", tstamp);		break;
 	case C_daytime:
-		printf("%s\n", ctime(&metadata.timestamp.tv_sec));    break;
+		printf("%s\n", ctime(&tstamp));			break;
+	case C_dayhour:
+		printf("%s\n", ctime(&tstamp));			break;
 	case C_count:
 		printf("count %d\n", metadata.count);		break;
 	case C_fval: