Searching by Date photo taken

I am trying to use Spotlight to search for photos taken within a specific range. Nothing seems to work, however. The problem is that the Date Created field applied to the file itself and is different than the date recorded in the EXIF data and sometimes it is even blank. I have gone through the "other" items available in spotlight and tried "Date content created" and a few others, but nothing works.
Is it possible to search using spotlight for the date the photo was taken?

Automator can be used but it's not obvious (and it still involves the touch command)
Use one of the Finder "Get ..." or "Ask.." actions then use the "Run Shell Script" action from the Automator library and put in the commands for touch that you need. I tried it on a couple files on my system, it took a few tries to get the "touch" syntax right, but once you do, you're set and you can drop whole folders or multiple files onto it.
I don't use AppleScript but I assume it's possible to create a script that will change the file date stamps.
I checked the SanDisk card I use with my Kodak Easyshare camera and found that it also uses FAT16 and that it DOES record the file's creation and modified dates. I can only guess that your camera isn't recording these dates
We're getting off topic here though. You might want to try the Automator forum or check with Canons website to see if they have any FAQs about dates or using with Macintosh
I know it isn't a perfect solution, but hope it helps
Happy New Year!
iMac G5, MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4)

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