Date added incorrect

Has anyone experienced trouble with the "date added" date? I have purchased songs from iTunes as well as imported from a CD, and have had the items show up in iTunes with an incorrect date. This is causing issues with creating smart playlist.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Can't say I've noticed it myself but then I rarely pay attention to date added. iTunes doesn't provide any mechanism for altering the value, which isn't stored anywhere in the tag. It would seem that iTunes is mistakenly changing the database under some circumstances. Take regular backups of the *iTunes Library* database and restore if/when you notice the problem again.
tt2

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