Creating folders based on file creation date

Hi,
I have a folder full of images and I am looking for an Automator workflow/app/script that can look at the files sequentially, read the creation date and then create folder name based on the file creation date (Year-Day-Month). Then move the file to the respective folder.
Appreciate any input you can provide.
Regards
Tom Erik

Open the AppleScript Editor in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run:
tell application "Finder"
repeat with this_file in (get files of window 1)
set the_date to creation date of this_file
set folder_name to ((year of the_date as string) & "-" & day of the_date & "-" & month of the_date)
try
make new folder in window 1 with properties {name:folder_name}
end try
move this_file to folder folder_name
end repeat
end tell
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Let me explain.
I have a folder that contains thousands of jpg, mp4, mov and avi files; all created by different cameras. I want to bring some order to this and place files in folders based on year, month and date that the file was created (the photo taken or the video captured). This date is stored in the EXIF creation date.
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Well, technically that's correct, Frank, but the same could be said of much of AppleScript - the core functionality is limited, but there's a lot you can do.
For example, it's actually trivial to use Image Events get any given EXIF tag of an image:
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i searched many forums to get file creation date
i didnt get the solution but i found one program which execute
dos command and gets the output of that.
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import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
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