File Storage with IPhoto 6

Version 6 has made a real dogs breakfast of my photo filing system. Previously photo files after import were stored in a date hierarchy - Year/Month/Date. All very simple but now it uses Year/Roll Number.
Roll numbers mean nothing and make it very difficult to locate the file you want from other applications.
Is there a guru out there who can tell me how to get back to the sane filing method? It seems to me that I maybe should just trash iLife 06 and then re-install iLife 05 - either that or just go full time with Adobe Lightroom.
Either way I have some work to do getting my filing system back in shape - is there by any chance an Automator action that will search for all photo files and place them in a date folder hierarchy based on the date taken?
iMac 1GHZ Mac OS X (10.4.5) loyal Mac user getting a wee bit disillusioned with the latest software updates

Hi cujimmy,
iPhoto 6 Library folder in the Finder
As you can see the structure is now related to rolls. Rolls are created for each folder you import and each import session from a camera.
It is very easy to change the names of film rolls within iPhoto to make them easier to find images within. Open the info panel in iPhoto by clicking on the "i" icon. Once it is opened, click on the roll title in the viewing window.
Click on the word "title" in the info pane and type in your new title. I like to use a date and text format such as 12/25/05 Christmas at Mom's, 1/05/06 my birthday, etc. Once the roll names are changed within iPhoto, they are also changed within the Finder, making it easy to locate an image.
When importing from a camera, make sure you name the roll with a date and text before the import.

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