IPhoto is date confused on retrieving photos

I havce recently transfered froma PC to a MAC laptop. I used a zip drive to move all my photo files over to the MAC. Both my Canon utilities and the MAC app iPhoto retirev some of the photes in error. By that I mean, if I look through my 2004 photos I found photos from later years. iPhoto doesn't appear to use the original foilder locations and it appears to ignore the photo numbers assigned from the camera. If I reviewe the files in "Finder" they appear to match the original file and date structure.
- so what happened with the import?
- Where do I get information to understand how iPhoto organizes and retrieves my photos?
- is there a fix to this problem?
This is one of few real problems I've had with my new MAC.

1 - iPhoto is not required - you can organize your photos however you please
2 - If you want to keep you currect organization the it is easy
If you drag a folder of photos to the iPhoto window it will import them and create an event with the folder name
3 - if you sort your events by date (default sort) then events are pretty much like most people's file system it like the default iPhoto organization and what you seem to want
and
You may actually want to take a class at your local Apple store - at least go through the tutorials - http://support.apple.com/videos#iphoto
and play with a small library to better understand the difference between managing files like you are used to and managing photos
LN

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