Imported iMovie HD project clips have incorrect capture date - add-on info

Question

People converting their .dv files from the iMovie HD style into iMovie 09 style report some frustration at having to rename their clips to view them properly. For discussion, see:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1344628
Fortunately, within the thread, a kind soul has posted a solution - many thanks. This posting is an add-on to that thread, posted here because that thread is archived.
Unfortunately, I could not understand the instructions fully, so I spent some time working out how to make it go, since the solution requires something beyond the usual drag-and-drop to work.
*To Convert the Dates and Names of DV Files from iMovie HD to the Event-Date Format of iMovie 09*
1. Download and Unzip the DVRecordingDate file. It produces a folder with four items: COPYING.txt, DVRecordingDate.class, README.txt and DVRecordingDate.java. None of these should be double clicked.
2. Identify the folder that has your iMovie 6 .dv files. These files will be entirely renamed, so if they are used in any other projects, only work on a copy of them.
3. Launch the program Terminal - it's in the Utilities folder of the Applications folder
4. When you see a prompt ending in a $, type +cd /Users/yourname/Downloads/DVrecordingDate-1-1.0+,
where /Users/yourname/Downloads/DVrecordingDate-1-1.0 is the folder containing the downloaded DVRecordingDate file. This will change the prompt that appears on every line, but it will still end with a $.
(HINT: you can get the path name of this folder by selecting it in the Finder, and choosing copy. All you then need do is type cd in Terminal, and paste the rest in.)
Now is when we rename the files - as stated elsewhere, the Finder creation date is NOT changed - it is only the file name that changes. However, this is enough for iMovie 09 to understand when the file was recorded, and where it should be stored within the events system.
5. At the $ prompt, type +java DVRecordingDate -rename /Users/yourname/Movies/iMovie\ Events.localized/myholiday/Clip\ *.dv+, where +/Users/yourname/Movies/iMovie\ myholiday/+ is the name of the the folder that has your iMovie 6 .dv files. Again, this can be copied from the Finder, and pasted in after typing java DVRecordingDate -rename. The *.dv part os to ensure the program coverts all your files in the folder.
A list appears:
Renaming file(s) from, to:
/Users/yourname/Movies/myholiday/Clip 01.dv clip-2003-08-31 20;37;41.dv
/Users/yourname/Movies/myholiday/Clip 02.dv clip-2003-09-04 18;43;26.dv
/Users/yourname/Movies/imyholiday/Clip 03.dv clip-2003-09-04 19;00;50.dv
etc
and in the Finder all the files are renamed.
And that's it. You can now import the .dv files into iMovie 09 and it will give the files their proper dates within the system.
Hope this saves someone some time...

Answer 1

No, I mean that when I import old iMovie projects into iMovie 08 the 'capture date' of footage is not correctly imported (the .dv file creation date is read in instead). Sorry to confuse the issue with the comment about the camera: I just meant to say that all the equipment I used in my setup is fairly standard yet there is a glaring bug in this fundamental functionality.
Regarding re-import: it took me ages to originally import my dv tapes to the computer & not really practical to go through that again.
FWIW, I've not yet imported anything from dv directly into 08