Dates Under Project After Import from Iphoto

Is anybody else having this bug?
After importing my library from iphoto, the dates shown under the projects are not showing a 'to' date!
They are ok when the project is on one date, and they show the 'from' date, but never a 'to' date!
Anybody else?

It sounds as though you may have imported the thumbnails but I can't imagine how.
It all depends on what you mean by very low quality.
Your iPhoto pictures will be around 4,000x3,000 pixels but when they are imported into a standard def timeline they will be around 720x540 which is a tremendous reduction.
They should still look OK but not as good as the brilliant hi-res originals.
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