Retaining date/time when capturing from miniDV camcorder in PRE8

Has anyone a solution to the following problems observed when capturing
video/audio from a miniDV camcorder with Premiere Elements 8:
1) Even if "Split Scenes" is deselected in the capture dialog box - the captured video IS split into separate .avi files
2) When inspecting the .avi file metadata only the date is captured correctly from DV - time is always 23:00Z...? I have used other capture tools to verify that correct date/time is actually available in the captured video.
Thanks!
- Jan Anders

No known solution for PRE:
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