Any one know how to insert an event into a certain year in Imovie08

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Hi All,
I am starting to move my D8 movies to my Mac. In Imovie08 Some seem to realize what year the video was shot some don't. It adds by year 2001-2002 etc and puts the movies shot under that event year. My last import went under 2007 even thought it was shot in 2002. When I tried to drag it, it tried to merge with the other video under 2002 instead of being a separate event. Any thoughts?
GE

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In Imovie08 Some seem to realize what year the video was shot some don't. It adds by year 2001-2002 etc and puts the movies shot under that event year.
This is normal depending on how the video was digitized, whether or not a "real" DTG Stamp was generated, or whether or not the stamp is "properly" recognized.
My last import went under 2007 even thought it was shot in 2002. When I tried to drag it, it tried to merge with the other video under 2002 instead of being a separate event. Any thoughts?
When no stamp exists or is recognized, the "Creation" date is used. Improperly recognized stamps may generate an erroneous date. In either case, the easiest thing to do is change the file creation date. There are several ways to do this but I now tend to prefer a little utility called "A Better Finder Attributes." Just open the application, drop the "iMovie Events" folder file(s) to the "batch" area of the utility, set the date you want, and press "OK" to change their dates. The next time you open iMovie '08, the clips will be in the same folder name but the folder will appear under the calendar year to which you changed the clip file creation dates.