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After upgrading to Mac OS X (10.6) the date that is shown in the photo info window, together with the location and description, is wrong, but the dates shown in the extended photo info are all correct and the Event dates are all correct as well.
In the wrong dates only the month is wrong and is always January. The day and year are correct, but all my photos in iPhoto are from 2009.
I have rebuild my library using iPhoto Library Manager but the problem remains.
Any ideas?
Thanks
FA

Hello there,
I am also the same problem with my iPhoto. I have just upgraded from a G3 iBook to my recent MacBook and have realised that it IS different. My problem is the same as the problem above, but instead of only having the same month appear, the dates that appear for each event album is stuck at January 5, 2009 regardless of when I upload the photos and when they were taken. However, the dates in the extended information are all correct.
I have tried changing the dates in International but to no effect. I have also tried changing the dates by changing them under the Photos tab in iPhoto.
Is there anything else I could do to rectify the problem?

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