IPhoto datestamp is not consistent

I backup my iPhone photos to a Finder folder.  In the past when I dragged a photo out of iPhoto to a folder the date on the new file was the date the photo was taken.  I have verified this behavior did occur on some/all of my old photos.  But now the date of the new file is the date on which the photo was imported into iPhoto.  This can be days to weeks after the photo was really taken.
I have tried to verify this behavior and learned that some of my photos will carry along the original date, while others will get the date of import.  I cannot see any consistent behavior.
Two key changes in the past few years are that I was on an iPhone 2G, then I upgraded to 4.  I also have upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard.
I'm using iPhoto '08 v 7.1.5.
I've deleted the ipod photo cache and my iphoto.plist file.  Are there any other ideas which I can try without having to spend money for iPhoto '11 ?
Thanks,
Sean

Your question is not clear - I think you are confusing file dates (generated by the finder and stored in the file metadata and related to the creating and modification date of the physical file) and the photo date (genereated by the camera, stored in the EXIF fields within the JPEG
Where are you seeing the dates you are concerned with? Using the finder or using a photo program that looks at the EXIF data?
LN

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