Finder and EXIF - creation date

The 'date of creation' of pictures, normally stated in the exif-file of the picture, will be used to sort the pictures after the date of creation, as in iPhoto and any other photo program. In the finder, however, another 'date of creation' is used.
Is it not possible to force the finder tot use the exif data? What data is the finder now using?
Regards,
Goos.

In the finder you can show and sort on EITHER the modification date or the creation date of a file. I believe by default the finder view only shows the Mod date and not the creation date. So if you go into view options and then turn ON showing the creation date column (you can also turn off the mod date column if you like) give you the correct date and time or did iPhoto mess those up as well? If they are there, then now all you have to do is resort by that new column in the finder.
Otherwise, you will have to use a third party application to batch modify the date and time of the files to match those contained in the EXIF metadata. There are a large number of programs that will do that including Graphics Converter.
Patrick

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Let me explain.
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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.
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close f
end tell
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