diff --git a/src/services/ffmpegService.ts b/src/services/ffmpegService.ts
index a863e887f..30e1e5fcd 100644
--- a/src/services/ffmpegService.ts
+++ b/src/services/ffmpegService.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ import { createFFmpeg, FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
 import { CustomError } from 'utils/error';
 import { logError } from 'utils/sentry';
 import QueueProcessor from './queueProcessor';
-import {
-    ParsedExtractedMetadata,
-    parseFFmpegExtractedMetadata,
-} from './upload/metadataService';
+import { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from 'types/upload';
+
 import { getUint8ArrayView } from './upload/readFileService';
+import { parseFFmpegExtractedMetadata } from './upload/videoMetadataService';
 
 class FFmpegService {
     private ffmpeg: FFmpeg = null;
diff --git a/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts b/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
index e34f889c0..4d4b6bc27 100644
--- a/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
+++ b/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import downloadManager from './downloadManager';
 import { updatePublicMagicMetadata } from './fileService';
 import { EnteFile } from 'types/file';
 
-import { getRawExif, getUNIXTime } from './upload/exifService';
+import { getRawExif } from './upload/exifService';
 import { getFileType } from './upload/readFileService';
 import { FILE_TYPE } from 'constants/file';
+import { getUNIXTime } from 'utils/time';
 
 export async function updateCreationTimeWithExif(
     filesToBeUpdated: EnteFile[],
diff --git a/src/services/upload/exifService.ts b/src/services/upload/exifService.ts
index 343736854..c8ba7b8d0 100644
--- a/src/services/upload/exifService.ts
+++ b/src/services/upload/exifService.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import exifr from 'exifr';
 import piexif from 'piexifjs';
 import { FileTypeInfo } from 'types/upload';
 import { logError } from 'utils/sentry';
-import { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from './metadataService';
-import { getUNIXTime } from 'utils/upload';
+import { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from 'types/upload';
+import { getUNIXTime } from 'utils/time';
 
 const EXIF_TAGS_NEEDED = [
     'DateTimeOriginal',
diff --git a/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts b/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
index 1777e8f6f..2b55a441a 100644
--- a/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
+++ b/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
     ParsedMetadataJSON,
     Location,
     FileTypeInfo,
+    ParsedExtractedMetadata,
 } from 'types/upload';
 import { NULL_LOCATION } from 'constants/upload';
 import { splitFilenameAndExtension } from 'utils/file';
@@ -22,11 +23,6 @@ const NULL_PARSED_METADATA_JSON: ParsedMetadataJSON = {
     ...NULL_LOCATION,
 };
 
-export interface ParsedExtractedMetadata {
-    location: Location;
-    creationTime: number;
-}
-
 export async function extractMetadata(
     receivedFile: File,
     fileTypeInfo: FileTypeInfo
diff --git a/src/services/upload/videoMetadataService.ts b/src/services/upload/videoMetadataService.ts
index 617819765..b7fa0d85e 100644
--- a/src/services/upload/videoMetadataService.ts
+++ b/src/services/upload/videoMetadataService.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NULL_LOCATION } from 'constants/upload';
 import ffmpegService from 'services/ffmpegService';
-import { getUNIXTime } from 'utils/upload';
-import { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from './metadataService';
+import { getUNIXTime } from 'utils/time';
+import { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from 'types/upload';
 
 enum VideoMetadata {
     CREATION_TIME = 'creation_time',
diff --git a/src/types/upload/index.ts b/src/types/upload/index.ts
index a49facddf..35a4692a6 100644
--- a/src/types/upload/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/upload/index.ts
@@ -130,3 +130,8 @@ export interface UploadFile extends BackupedFile {
     encryptedKey: string;
     keyDecryptionNonce: string;
 }
+
+export interface ParsedExtractedMetadata {
+    location: Location;
+    creationTime: number;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/time/index.ts b/src/utils/time/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb04e5b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/time/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export function getUNIXTime(dateTime: Date) {
+    if (!dateTime || isNaN(dateTime.getTime())) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const unixTime = dateTime.getTime() * 1000;
+    if (unixTime <= 0) {
+        return null;
+    } else {
+        return unixTime;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/upload/index.ts b/src/utils/upload/index.ts
index f0ea3474b..29ed9ecf2 100644
--- a/src/utils/upload/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/upload/index.ts
@@ -49,15 +49,3 @@ export function segregateMetadataAndMediaFiles(
     });
     return { mediaFiles, metadataJSONFiles };
 }
-
-export function getUNIXTime(dateTime: Date) {
-    if (!dateTime || isNaN(dateTime.getTime())) {
-        return null;
-    }
-    const unixTime = dateTime.getTime() * 1000;
-    if (unixTime <= 0) {
-        return null;
-    } else {
-        return unixTime;
-    }
-}