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I can open a .czi file using the Bioformats importer packaged in Fiji.  If you check the “show metadata” box, you can see the timestamp info.

Michael

On Jun 25, 2014, at 11:16 AM, Niko Ehrenfeuchter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Dear Michael,
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>> I overlooked that the files from the Zeiss 710 have a .lsm extension and files from the 700 have a .czi extension.  So Zeiss changed the file format.
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> this depends on the version of the Zeiss software you're using, iirc.
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>> If anyone knows how we can get the timing information out of the .czi format it would be greatly appreciated.
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> Have you tried with the latest version of BioFormats, e.g. by a fresh copy of Fiji? There were a lot of changes and bug fixes recently done by the developers...
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> Cheers
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