Exporting iPhoto pics to desktop

Something very strange is happening when I move pictures from my iPhoto to folders on my desktop (i want to organise them).
The horrible part is that the dates are complete wrong as soon as the arrive to my desktop!!!
It's insane and I'm getting worried. My pics from 2006 or 2007 appear now to have been taken in 2009!!!
To some people (like me) dates are essential to design an album.
Am I the only one have this problem? Am I doing something wrong? Has my iMac got a virus?
Any kind of advice will be highly appreciated.
/J.

There are two kinds of metadata involved when you consider jpeg or other image file.
One is the file data. This is what the Finder shows. This tells you nothing about the contents of the file, just the File itself.
The problem with File metadata is that it can easily change as the file is moved from place to place or exported, e-mailed, uploaded etc.
Photographs have also got both Exif and IPTC metadata. The date and time that your camera snapped the Photograph is recorded in the Exif metadata. Regardless if what the file date says, this is the actual time recorded by the camera.
Photo applications like iPhoto, Aperture, Lightroom, Picasa, Photoshop etc get their date and time from the Exif metadata.
When you export from iPhoto to the Finder new file is created containing your Photo (and its Exif). The File date is - quite accurately - reported as the date of Export.
However, the Photo Date doesn't change.
The problem is that the Finder doesn't work with Exif.
So, your photo has the correct date, and so does the file, but they are different things. To sort on the Photo date you'll need to use a photo app.

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