Horrible iMovie 10 timestamp bug

Ok, this is a good one. I've just noticed that iMovie 10 uses the file creation time of a clip as the clip timestamp, rather than the timestamp embedded in the file itself.
For example, I'm looking at a clip that was filmed on 1/4/2009 8:52am. I add the 'time/date' title to the clip, and it displays '3/30/2009 10:01pm'. Why? Because that is the date that the file was *created* on my local filesystem.
The previous version of iMovie did not have this issue. Anyone else notice this?

I switched back to iMovie 09 as well. This timestamp bug is unacceptable. But what is "even" worse for me is that Apple removed the ability to have Project and Event folders. Now every Project is in one big Library file, so there is no way to separate out types of projects (like Family, Vacations, etc.). This is a major issue and breakes my complete work-flow. I use folders heavily with my library that dates back 10+ years.
I am wondering that not many others seem to complain about missing folders. Maybe that is that reason that Apple thought. Hah - "nobody" is using this anway. Let's ditch this feature in iMovie 10 without any explaination or work-around. https://discussions.apple.com/message/23489726#23489726

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