Aperture 3 Photos "Group by date"?

Hi,
I recently upgraded from iPhoto, and I miss the feature where photos are grouped by date in the grid view. To see what I mean, see how the image previews in Import have a header bar that splits pictures into dates. I'm wondering if there's a setting that I've missed that allows LIBRARY/Photos to be grouped by date.
The closest thing I've seen is the "Group by year" in LIBRARY/Projects.

Aperture->Provide Aperture Feedback but I wouldn't hold my breath.
What you are asking is something a lot of new users switching over from iPhoto seem to miss. But as they get use to the different interface and workflow in Aperture most seem to not miss it after a while.
Speaking for myself I rarely look at my library in Photos view. It's just to big to effectively browse it that way. Apertures allows you to setup your library in exactly the way you want for the way you will be accessing your images, The hard part is figuring out how you will be accessing them. So for that reason you need to take some time at the start and play around with different layouts. I must have imported my iPhoto library half a dozen times or more when I first switched over.
I finally settled on a storage scheme based on date. I have folders setup by year, under those I have month folders then under those I have the images in projects named by the day. This works for me and mirrors how I use to work back in the olden days of film. Other users have their own schemes based on various other criterion. You need to find what works for you.
Don't just accept the default way Aperture imports your iPhoto library. Play around some until you find something that works for you.
Remember Aperture isn't just a replacement for or a larger version of iPhoto. It has capabilities that go far beyond what iPhoto is capability of.

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